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"The Pearl Street School is a historic school building at 75 Pearl Street in Reading, Massachusetts. Built in 1939, the two-story brick and limestone building is Reading's only structure built as part of a Public Works Administration project. The site on which it was built was acquired by the town sometime before 1848, and served as its poor farm. With fifteen classrooms, the school replaced three smaller wood-frame schoolhouses in the town's school system, and was its first fire-resistant structure. The school, designed by local architect George H. Sidebottom, is stylistically a mix of Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, and Art Deco styles. The walls are predominantly brick, with limestone and wooden trim, and the cornice is decorated with modillions. These features, and the 12-over-12 double hung windows, are typical Colonial Revival features. The building has a basic U-shaped plan, with projecting pavilions on the left and right ends, and the front facade. The legs of the U are irregular: the right-side leg is a rectangular ell, while the left side one is an irregular polygonal shape. The projecting pavilions are a typical Classical Revival feature. Art Deco surrounds frame the windows on these pavilions, and there are brick pilasters that frame the Art Deco surrounds on the entryways that are centered in each pavilion. The building served Reading as an elementary school until 1984, when it was closed due to declining enrollment. The school board leased it to a variety of tenants, and turned it over to the town selectmen in 1989, who sold the building in 1995. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It now houses the Residence at Pearl Street assisted living residence.About Us. Longwood Place at Reading. Retrieved on 2008-08-11. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts *National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References School buildings completed in 1939 Former school buildings in the United States Buildings and structures in Reading, Massachusetts School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Defunct schools in Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Reading, Massachusetts 1939 establishments in Massachusetts "
"The Pierce House is a historic house at 128 Salem Street in Reading, Massachusetts. The 2.5 story wood frame house was built sometime between 1875 and 1880 for Samuel Pierce, owner of the nearby Pierce Organ Pipe Factory. The house has Stick style/Eastlake style features, including a steeply pitched gable roof with exposed rafter ends, and an elaborately decorated entry porch with square chamfered columns and brackets in the eaves. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Reading, Massachusetts *National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Reading, Massachusetts Houses in Reading, Massachusetts 1878 establishments in Massachusetts "
"Andover Town railway station served the town of Andover in the English county of Hampshire. Located on the Andover to Redbridge Line over which the Midland and South Western Junction Railway had running powers, its closure left services to the town to the former Andover Junction station. History Originally built by the Andover and Redbridge Railway, the station joined the London and South Western Railway and so was absorbed by the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, although The M&SWJR; was allocated to the Great Western Railway. The station then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was subsequently closed by the British Railways Board. The site today The former site is now occupied by the A3057 dual carriageway. References Site and picture * Station on navigable O.S. map. Disused railway stations in Hampshire Former London and South Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Beeching closures in England "