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Girls' High School (Boston, Massachusetts)

1852 establishments in Massachusetts1974 disestablishments in MassachusettsDefunct girls' schools in the United StatesDefunct schools in MassachusettsEducational institutions disestablished in 1974
Educational institutions established in 1852High schools in BostonPublic high schools in MassachusettsRoxbury, Boston
Girls' High School 0403002067b City of Boston Archives
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Girls' High School was a high school that was located in Roxbury, Boston. It was founded in 1852 by a group including Dr. LeBaron Russell. It was initially located above a public library in the former Adams schoolhouse on Mason Street.In 1869, construction began for a purpose-built school building, located on Newton Street between Tremont and Shawmut Avenue. That building was designed for just under 1000 students, with 8 classrooms, 15 recitation rooms, 3 studios, chemical, physical, and botanical laboratories, and a hall, as well as facilities dedicated to the Girls' Latin School. This building was formally dedicated on April 19, 1871. By 1903, the high school's share of this space was described as insufficient in the Boston Globe.The school became coeducational in the latter half of the 20th century. By spring 1974, the school housed 500 female students and 200 male students. That spring, the Boston School Committee voted to change the school's name to Roxbury High School. This name was the most popular among petitioning students.Roxbury High closed in 1981

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Girls' High School (Boston, Massachusetts)
Townsend Street, Boston Roxbury

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Townsend Street 205
02121 Boston, Roxbury
Massachusetts, United States
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