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Chapin School (Chicopee, Massachusetts)

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242:). It is a 2-1/2 story brick structure with three sections. The central section, the oldest portion of the building, is flanked on its left (west) by a similarly-sized section that butts directly against it, and has a second such section on the right, to which it is joined by a full-height hyphen. The right sections are covered by dormered hip roofs, while that of the left section is flat. Some building corners are pilastered, and the right sections each have entrances recessed in rectangular openings. A stringcourse of rusticated red stone separates the elevated basement from the ground floor. Windows on the first floor have red stone lintels and sills, while the third-floor windows have stone sills and brick soldier headers with central stone keystones. 62: 905: 87: 917: 449: 48: 894: 94: 69: 250:
Originally staffed by just three teachers, it had by 1915 grown to have seventeen, and it was the city's largest school. It served the city until 1995, when it was closed after fairview elementary opened. It then housed an alternative school into the early 2000s. It has now been converted into a cooperative residential complex for homeless veterans.
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architect George P.B. Alderman, and was named for the area's first English settlers, Jophet and Henry Chapin. Its construction was done by the city in response to the 1898 completion of the nearby Holyoke-Willimansett Bridge, which city planners expected to increase development in the area.
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area of northern Chicopee, on a triangular parcel bounded on the east by Meadow Street and the west by Chicopee Street (
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is a historic former school building at 40 Meadow Street in
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Chapin School (Chicopee, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Chapin School (Chicopee, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
Chicopee, Massachusetts
42°11′5″N 72°36′36″W / 42.18472°N 72.61000°W / 42.18472; -72.61000
Alderman, George P. B.
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National Register of Historic Places
Willimansett
Massachusetts Route 116
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