Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

Title

Atwell School circa 1980s

Description

"The Atwell wing of the Galvin Middle School was built following the devastating fire that destroyed the original Willard B. Atwell Building in December 1971. The original Atwell Building was built as the high school in 1923, later becoming the junior high school for grades seven, eight and nine when the 'new' Main Street high school was built in 1955, and eventually returning to its use as part of the high school when the junior high school, now Wakefield Memorial High School, was built in 1960. Following the 1971 fire, high school students in grades nine through 12 attended double sessions on Main Street until the existing high school on Farm Street opened in September 1974, the same time the 'new' Atwell Building opened for grade six students. Junior high school students returned to Main Street that same year, and in 1991, the junior high school was named to honor General John Rogers Galvin. Grade five students began attending classes in the Atwell Building in 1988 to alleviate overcrowding in the elementary schools.

Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 2018

Photo courtesy of John Devlin

Contributor

Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.)

D'Onofrio, Jayne M.

Coverage

Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield

Date

1980-1983

Format

image/jpeg

Publisher

Wakefield, Mass. : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department

Subject

School buildings

Fires

Atwell School (Wakefield, Mass.)

Type

still image

Photographs

Original Format

1 picture: b & w

Extent

34 x 22.5 cm