Some old floor plans

By adamg on Tue., 7/25/2017 - 2:01 pm

The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can figure out what building these plans are for.

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I think it's one of those historic thing

By anon
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 2:08pm

We used to provide young city residents. I think it was called a quality public education.

Girls Latin?

I had that D&D module

By Snuggles
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 2:20pm

If you weren't stealthy, every kobold and orc on the floor heard and rushed you at once. The toilets have a sword +3 vs green dragons, which you'll want for the study hall.

Just a wild guess

By Waquiot
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 2:37pm

A school of some sorts.

seems to be a K-12 school though?

By Ron Newman
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 2:50pm

It has rooms for both Kindergarten and Physics.

Also, is there a First Floor Plan?

There is - but it has the

By Boston City Archives
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 3:36pm

There is - but it has the name of the building emblazoned on it!

Can you show us now?

By BostonDog
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 5:54pm

What's the 1st floor look like?

Compare Cambridge YMCA

By theszak
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 2:49pm

Compare Cambridge YMCA
http://cambridgeydiagrams.blogspot.com/2012/01/new...

Old school

By capecoddah
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 2:53pm

Old school Boston Latin

did Boston Latin ever have grades below 7th?

By Ron Newman
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 3:36pm

No, and there are no rooms

By bgl
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 4:39pm

No, and there are no rooms for Latin, which would make me suspect (although I suppose that could be on the missing first floor).

If it's a public school, had to be before the MCAS. NO Boston public school teaches physiology or Geography or Zoology anymore. Curriculum is narrowed essentially to Reading and Math and test prep, or nearly so.

Old Boston English on Avenue

By tired
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 2:58pm

Old Boston English on Avenue Louis Pasteur across the street from Latin before it was knocked down in the 80s?

The focus is on the sciences

By Chocolate Chip
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 3:14pm

The focus is on the sciences so I will guess Harvard Medical School.

HIstory, geography, English, kindergarten?

By Ron Newman
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 4:09pm

I don't think so.

HMS?

By Allstonian
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 4:13pm

Why would Harvard Medical School have a kindergarten?

It's just for the kids who

By joecab
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 4:29pm

It's just for the kids who have helicopter parents.

The Answer

By Boston City Archives
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 4:14pm

Thanks for playing, folks! This is the floor plan of the Boston Normal School, which is now part of the Mass Art campus. The floor plan was included in the 1905 Schoolhouse Department report, and was probably drawn in that year.

Tetlow St

By BostonDog
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 5:22pm

Nice digs. Here's the Google Street View of the back.

Normal School

By Ron Newman
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 6:31pm

That means "teacher's college", which means these are not rooms for students of these subjects, but rather rooms for students who are studying to be teachers of these subjects. In the 1970s this was the campus of Boston State College, which was later abolished in a merger with UMass-Boston.

Can you show us the first-floor plans now?

Taking a class in how to

By anon
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 7:11pm

Taking a class in how to teach Study Hall must have been quite an experience. Those units on snapping at whisperers and spotting comic books hidden inside textbooks are tough.

Just go for the Alan Rickman

By Rob
Tue, 07/25/2017 - 11:28pm

Just go for the Alan Rickman master class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE9rtMB1TfQ

Sadly, your friendly

By The Archives
Wed, 07/26/2017 - 6:31am

Sadly, your friendly neighborhood archivist is out of the office and away from her scanner for the rest of the week. I can tweet it out Monday or you can email archives (at) Boston.gov and another staff member can scan it for you .

There's a photo in this blog

By anon
Wed, 07/26/2017 - 12:48pm

There's a photo in this blog post - scroll down:

http://goodoldboston.blogspot.com/2012/02/high-sch...