Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 2084
Ellen H. Richards School, converted to condominiums in the 1980s.
80 Beaumont Street, Dorchester
Built 1913
William H. Besaric, Architect
Ellen H. Richards was the first female graduate of the Massachusetts of Technology. She was an engineer and an instructor of sanitary chemistry at M.I.T. Richards was active in the formation of the women’s suffrage movement in the U.S.
Source: Whats In a Name? Names of Boston’s Schools: Their Origin. Boston: School Volunteers for Boston and the Boston Public Schools, 1980.
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