The Coddington School is a historic school building at 26-44 Coddington Street in

Quincy, Massachusetts Quincy ( ) is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county. Quincy is part of the Greater Boston area as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in ...

. Built in 1909, this three-story brick building is the finest Colonial Revival school building in the city. It was designed in late 1907 by Charles A. Brigham, who is not to be confused with the better known and similarly-named

Charles Brigham Charles Brigham (June 21, 1841 – July 1925) was an American architect based in Boston, Massachusetts. Life Brigham was born, raised, and educated in Watertown, Massachusetts schools and graduated at age 15 in 1856 in the first class of Wa ...

.''Engineering Record'' 23 Nov. 1907: 59. It was used from the 1960s to the 2000s as part of Quincy Junior College (now

Quincy College Quincy College (QC) is a public community college in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is an open admission school that offers associate degrees, bachelor degrees, and certificate programs. It was founded in 1958 and enrolls approximately 3,500 studen ...

), and is now the headquarters of the Quincy School Department, as well as other municipal departments. The building was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1989.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Colonial Revival architecture in Massachusetts School buildings completed in 1909 Schools in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Defunct schools in Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Quincy, Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Quincy, Massachusetts 1909 establishments in Massachusetts {{NorfolkCountyMA-NRHP-stub

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