Washington St., Westfield, Massachusetts. County/parish: Hampden.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 07, 1983. NRIS 83000769.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The State Normal Training School is a historic training school building at 27 Washington Street in Westfield, Massachusetts. It was constructed in 1899 to provide a teaching facility for teachers-in-training who were students at the Westfield State Normal School (now Westfield State University), the second-oldest such school the nation. It was operated jointly by the normal school and the city of Westfield from 1900 until 1956, at which point it was converted into a regular elementary school. The city formally acquired the property in 1977. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building now houses apartments, and is known in the community as Courthouse Square.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795281