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| | FURTHER INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | The architect for the' $200,000 Merrymount School, William Chapman, was well known in Quincy having previously designed the Court house, 12-24 Coddington Street (1911); the Quincy Point Junior High School, Edwards Street (1927) and whose firm would design the 1930 addition to the Montclair School, 8 Belmont Street, in 1930. |
 | | ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Merrymount School 4 Agawan Road Two years before the construction of the Merrymount School, the architect William Chapman, had designed a large school on Edwards Street, replete with traditional detailing (classical elements and off white trim revealing the red brick) which gave the building g conservative look. |
 | | In the Quincy Patriot Ledger, October 29, 1929 account of the opening, it was written, "The modern structure emphasized the advancement of educational facilities." The granite foundation of past schools is replaced by one of cement. |
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