Benedict Fenwick School

Coordinates: 42°18′49″N 71°4′21″W / 42.31361°N 71.07250°W / 42.31361; -71.07250
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Benedict Fenwick School
Benedict Fenwick School
Benedict Fenwick School is located in Massachusetts
Benedict Fenwick School
Benedict Fenwick School is located in the United States
Benedict Fenwick School
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°18′49″N 71°4′21″W / 42.31361°N 71.07250°W / 42.31361; -71.07250
Built1912
ArchitectJames E. McLaughlin
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.04000023 [1]
MSRHP No.BOS.6538[2]
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 2004

The Benedict Fenwick School (or Sister Clara Muhammad School) is a 1912 historic school building at 150 Magnolia Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The Classical Revival brick school building was designed by Boston architect James E. McLaughlin, who also designed Fenway Park,[3][4] the Commonwealth Armory in Boston, and the Hudson Armory in Hudson, Massachusetts. It was named for Benedict Fenwick, the second bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. The city used it as a school until 1981. It was purchased by the American Muslim Mission and opened the following year as the Sister Clara Muhammad School, named for Clara Muhammad, the first wife of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad. In 1999, it was acquired by a developer and converted to housing.[5]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1] It is listed on the Massachusetts State Register of Historic Places.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "BOS.6538". Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Massachusetts Historical Commission. Archived from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  3. ^ American Contractor 9 July 1910: 42. Chicago.
  4. ^ "Fenway Park History". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. ^ "NRHP nomination for Benedict Fenwick School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-09.

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