Emery Grover Building

Emery Grover Building

Emery Grover Building
Location Needham, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°16′59″N 71°14′10″W / 42.28306°N 71.23611°W / 42.28306; -71.23611Coordinates: 42°16′59″N 71°14′10″W / 42.28306°N 71.23611°W / 42.28306; -71.23611
Built 1898
Architect Whitman & Hood
Architectural style Renaissance, Other
NRHP Reference #

87001393

[1]
Added to NRHP August 20, 1987

The Emery Grover Building is a historic structure at 1330 Highland Avenue in downtown Needham, Massachusetts. It currently houses administration offices for the Needham Public Schools, including the office of Daniel E. Gutekanst, Superintendent of Schools.[2]

Built in 1898 in the Italian Renaissance Revival architectural style from a design by Whitman & Hood, the symmetrical tan brick building features an upper arcade of six Georgian Revival windows, an arched center entrance stoop flanked by multi-paned Diocletian windows, arched wings, and a curved pediment dormer crown sporting the Needham Public Schools seal.

The Emery Grover Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[3]

In 2010, the Boston architectural firm of Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype Inc. conducted a feasibility study for the building's restoration and renovation as a downtown senior center. The firm estimated the rehabilitation cost at $8.6 million, $2.5 million of which could come from the Community Preservation Act.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Needham Public Schools official website: Superintendent's Office
  3. ↑ Go Historic: Emery Grover Building, Needham
  4. ↑ "Emery Grover Feasibility Study Online," Needham Patch
  5. ↑ "Needham Senior Center: architect says Emery Grover problems 'solvable'," WickedLocal.com, Aug. 18, 2010


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