National Register of Historic Places Registration Form

NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: __Immaculate Heart of Mary School_______________________________ Other names/site number: ______________________________________ Name of related multiple property listing: N/A (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing) ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: _10 Lincoln Avenue__________________________________________ City or town: _Rutland City________ State: _Vermont___ County: _Rutland__ Not For Publication: Vicinity: ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ___ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national ___statewide ___local Applicable National Register Criteria: ___A ___B ___C ___D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date ______________________________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Immaculate Heart of Mary School Rutland County, Vermont Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: X Public – Local Public – State Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) X District Site Structure Object Sections 1-6 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Immaculate Heart of Mary School Rutland County, Vermont Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing _____1________ _____________ buildings _____________ _____________ sites _____________ _____________ structures _____________ _____________ objects ______1_______ _______0_______ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register ___N/A____ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) ___________________ _Education/School____ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) ___________________ _Work in Progress____ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Sections 1-6 page 3 __________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) ___________________ Modern Movement/International Style_ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: Brick____________________ Glass block Aluminum Marble Concrete Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph The Immaculate Heart of Mary School is an International Style two-story, steel-framed building clad in glazed brick with a rear, one-story gymnasium ell. The fenestration, flat roofs, and minimal decorative features are streamlined and emphasize horizontal lines punctuated by a few strong vertical elements like the three entries. It is accented by glass block panels, ribbon windows, and a monumental, two-story, glazed aluminum frame curtain wall at the main entry. The school is located on a moderately dense residential street of single-family homes west of downtown Rutland and is adjacent to the 1891 High Victorian Gothic Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church on its north and a large Italianate style house to the south. The trim on the windows, glazed wall panels, canopies, and eaves is aluminum. The window sills are marble; and the foundation is concrete block. A large parking lot and driveway surrounds the building on three sides with the front, west façade landscaped with grass and a few trees. The well-preserved building retains integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. Section 8 page 4 ____________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description The Immaculate Heart of Mary School was built in 1951 in the International Style, and designed by the Manchester, NH firm of Dirsa and Lampron. The “T”-shaped, two-story steel framed building with a one-story rear ell has a flat roof with no eave and is clad with gray glazed brick. The 120’-long front façade of the main block faces west on Lincoln Avenue and is set back behind a narrow strip of front lawn that slopes up from the sidewalk, shaded by a few street trees. On the front lawn a statue of the Virgin Mary within a concrete alcove is surrounded by bushes. It is a memorial erected by a parish family for their child. It will soon be re-located by the parish. Form and plan The building’s plan is fairly simple with four large (34’ by 22’) corner classrooms on each floor plus one center rear classroom on the second floor in the main block as well as smaller offices, restrooms, lockers, and maintenance spaces near the center on both floors. A center north-south corridor ends in stairs at the north and south ends and the main west entry stair hall intersects this corridor in the center. A large (56’ by 73’) one story rear ell is nearly centered on the main block though slightly offset to the north. It contains a large two-story gym/auditorium with an adjacent stage and kitchen within the rear of the main block first floor. The main block’s three original doors (west, north and south) lead to staircase landings that provide access to the first floor, which is half a level below the entry level, as well as to the second floor that is half a level above. The rear gym ell has a rear door and exit stair contained in a small vestibule added to the rear elevation. The gym floor level is another half level below the main block first floor level. Exterior The seven-bay brick front façade is unadorned except for the fenestration which comprises the dominant design elements. The long horizontal banks of hopper windows topped by glass block panels on both stories are broken in the center by the verticality of the striking two-story entry pavilion framed by short projecting concrete wing walls making it seem recessed. The entry pavilion has brick walls flanking the central monumental two-story glazed curtain wall of four- by-seven fixed-pane window units accented by aluminum mullions and frame. The integral glass and aluminum double leaf door is part of the glazed wall and its pattern. The only added “ornaments” are the functional sleek aluminum letters welded to the mullions spelling “Immaculate Heart of Mary School” and a thin simple aluminum cross on the roof above the entry bay. The entry is fronted by a set of concrete steps that extend the width of the entry bay. The three long window bays on each side of the entry bay have a continuous gray marble sill and visually continuous window opening recesses punctuated by recessed mullions. The outer two window bays on both sides each have a panel of twenty-four by eight glass blocks over four hopper windows. The

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