Perkins School

Perkins School for the Blind, or simply Perkins, is the oldest school for the blind in the United States. It is located in and was established in 1829.
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  • School
  • …lies at an elevation of 56 feet (17 metres)
  • Description: blind school in Massachusetts
  • Address: 175 North Beacon, Watertown, MA 02472
  • Also known as
    “Perkins Institution for the Blind”
    “Perkins School for Blind”
    “Perkins School for the Blind”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Armenian Library and Museum of America and Mosesian Center for the Arts.
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The Armenian Museum of America, located… is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Perkins School.
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The Dorothy and Charles … is situated 3,000 feet east of Perkins School.
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The is the second-oldest documented cemetery in . is situated 2,600 feet north of Perkins School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newton Corner and Nonantum.
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is one of the thirteen villages within…
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, also known as Silver Lake or The Lake…
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Perkins School

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Latitude
42.36203° or 42° 21′ 43″ north
Longitude
-71.17589° or 71° 10′ 33″ west
Open location code
87JC9R6F+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 98835626
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
4947014
Wiki­data ID
Q114071

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Perkins School” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shkolla Perkins për të Verbërit”
  • Armenian: “Փերկինսի կույրերի դպրոց”
  • Catalan: “Escola Perkins per a cecs”
  • Chinese: “Perkins盲人学校”
  • Chinese: “Perkins盲人學校”
  • Chinese: “帕金斯盲人學校”
  • Chinese: “柏金斯啟明學校”
  • Dutch: “Perkins-school voor de blinden”
  • French: “Perkins School for the Blind”
  • Japanese: “パーキンス盲学校”
  • Korean: “퍼킨스 시각장애인 학교”
  • Russian: “Институт Перкинса для слепых”
  • Russian: “Школа Перкинса для слепых”
  • Swedish: “Perkins School for the Blind”
  • Ukrainian: “Школа Перкінса для сліпих”
  • Welsh: “Ysgol Perkins i’r Deillion”

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