Peter Thacher Junior High School
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Peter Thacher Junior High School was a middle school located in Attleboro, Massachusetts
originally serving grades 7 through 9. It was designed by The Architects' Collaborative
with Walter Gropius
, and it opened in 1948. The building itself is considered to be one of Gropius' notable works.
In the late 1990s it was converted to an elementary school, and remains as one currently, with grades K through 5.
Attleboro, Massachusetts
Attleboro is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States and is immediately north of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Once known as "The Jewelry Capital of the World" for its many jewelry manufacturers, Attleboro had a population of 42,068 at the 2000 census, and a population of 43,645 as of...
originally serving grades 7 through 9. It was designed by The Architects' Collaborative
The Architects' Collaborative
The Architects' Collaborative was an American architectural firm formed by Walter Gropius and seven younger architects in 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The other partners were Norman C. Fletcher , Jean B. Fletcher , John C. Harkness , Sarah P. Harkness , Robert S...
with Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture....
, and it opened in 1948. The building itself is considered to be one of Gropius' notable works.
In the late 1990s it was converted to an elementary school, and remains as one currently, with grades K through 5.