The Rock Castle School is a historic school building on Prospect Street in Webster, Massachusetts. The two story masonry building was built in 1871, and was Webster's second high school building. It served that purpose until 1905, after which it intermittently served a variety of public and private educational purposes until 1972. The building has Italianate styling, with high and narrow round-arch windows, and a projecting central pavilion that has a gable end with an oculus window. The building is predominantly light shades of polychrome granite, with brick quoining.[2]

Rock Castle School
Rock Castle School is located in Massachusetts
Rock Castle School
Rock Castle School is located in the United States
Rock Castle School
LocationWebster, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°3′13″N 71°52′41″W / 42.05361°N 71.87806°W / 42.05361; -71.87806
Built1871
ArchitectEarle & Fuller; Larned & Chaugh
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.89000437 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 7, 1989

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] It has been converted to residential use.

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Rock Castle School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-11.