Old East Boston High School (also known as Joseph H. Barnes School) is an historic school building at 127 Marion Street in East Boston,

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. It now acts as Section 8 housing for elderly or disabled people. This building is currently under consideration for Boston Landmark status by the Boston Landmarks Commission. The

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style school was built in 1901 to a design by John Lyman Faxon and expanded in 1933 to a design by Charles R. Greco. It is a three-story structure, faced in yellow brick and limestone, with a flat roof and a raised basement. It is roughly in the shape of an H, with a central section that has side wings projecting to both the front and rear. A circular auditorium section stands behind the central section. The building was added to the

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in 2006.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts School buildings completed in 1901 East Boston National Register of Historic Places in Boston 1901 establishments in Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-school-stub

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