Cranch School

The Cranch School is a historic school building at 250 Whitwell Street in . Built in 1900 to a design by local architect Arthur Wright, it is a high-quality local example of Renaissance Revival and Queen Anne architecture.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United First Parish Church and Thomas Crane Public Library.

Place of worship
is an American Unitarian Universalist congregation in , established as the parish church of Quincy in 1639. is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Cranch School.

Library
The is a city library in . Noted for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, the building was funded by the Crane family as a memorial to Thomas Crane, a wealthy stone contractor who got his start in the Quincy quarries. is situated 2,500 feet east of Cranch School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quincy and Braintree Split.

Photo: Sswonk, Public domain.
is in . was the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Adams. United States Declaration of Independence signer and first Massachusetts governor John Hancock was also born here.

Locality
The is the major interchange of Interstate 93, U.S. Route 1, and Route 3 in , one of the suburbs of . is situated 1½ miles south of Cranch School.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of . It is located on the shore of at the entrance to the Hough's Neck peninsula. It is bordered on the north by Quincy Bay, on the east by the Hough's Neck neighborhood, on the south by Town River Bay and on the west by the neighborhood. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Cranch School.

Cranch School

Latitude
42.24899° or 42° 14′ 56″ north
Longitude
-71.00921° or 71° 0′ 33″ west
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Open location code
87JC6XXR+H8
Geo­Names ID
4934120
Wiki­data ID
Q5181967
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Cranch School” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: مدرسة كرانش
  • French: Cranch School

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