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The Wellesley High School Preservation Committe is currently running a series of articles in The Wellesley Townsman covering the history of the Wellesley High School building and its architectural significance. With the kind permission of the Townsman, we are posting these articles as they become available:

 
       
  ORIGINAL LETTER (states Mission of WHSPC)–The Wellesley Townsman – September 7, 2006

HISTORY IS IN OUR HANDS (The Wellesley Townsman, October 5, 2006)

WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL: THE SITE (The Wellesley Townsman, October 12, 2006)

WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL: THE STRUCTURE (The Wellesley Townsman, October 19, 2006)

STOCKHOLM IN WELLESLEY (The Wellesley Townsman, October 26, 2006)

WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL – AUDITORIUM, LOBBY & GYM (The Wellesley Townsman, November 2, 2006)

WHS DESERVES TO BE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER (Townsman Forum article, November 9, 2006)

WELLESLEY HIGH SCHOOL'S INTERIOR, "Really useful and fine" (Townsman Forum article, November 16, 2006)

PRESERVATION QUESTIONS & ANSWERS - I (Townsman Forum article, November 23, 2006)

TOUR & WEBSITE (Townsman Forum article, November 30, 2006)

TOURS REVISITED (Townsman Forum article, December 7, 2006)

PRESERVATION QUESTIONS & ANSWERS - II (Townsman Forum article, December 14, 2006)

PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION I - WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? (Townsman Forum article, December 21, 2006)

RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION II - WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? (Townsman Forum article, December 28, 2006)

RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION III - WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? (Townsman Forum article, January 4, 2007)

RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION IV - WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? (Townsman Forum article, January 11, 2007)

BOSTON LATIN - HOW THEY DID IT (Townsman Forum article, January 25, 2007)

PRESERVATION QUESTIONS & ANSWERS III (Townsman Forum article, March 15, 2007)

PRESERVATION QUESTIONS & ANSWERS IV (Townsman Forum article, April 12, 2007)

THIS SPACE CANNOT BE SAVED (Townsman Forum article, April 19, 2007)

ARTICLE REVIEW (Townsman Forum article, May 3, 2007)

WHILE WELLESLEY SLEEPS (Townsman Forum article, May 31, 2007)

WHSPC PRESERVATION HANDBOOK (Townsman Forum article, October 18, 2007)

THERE IS ANOTHER WAY (Townsman Forum article, December 6,, 2007)

ADDITIONAL TOWNSMAN ARTICLES:

SAVE OUR ART-DECO MASTERPIECE by Paul W. Shackford, Guest Columnist, The Wellesley Townsman, December 15, 2005

PLEASE PRESERVE OUR EXTRAORDINARY HIGH SCHOOL, Wellesley Historical Commission, The Wellesley Townsman, January 12, 2006

CAN THEY SAVE WELLESLEY HIGH?, The Wellesley Townsman – October 12, 2006

A TOUR THROUGH WHSs' HISTORY (FRONT PAGE STORY) By Miryam Wiley, The Wellesley Townsman, December 7, 2006

WELLESLEY TIMES FRONT PAGE ARTICLE:

The Wellesley Times (February 2007 edition)

 
       
       
  The architects had for their inspiration the tower of Stockholm’s city hall, designed by Ragnar Ostberg and constructed between 1909 and 1923. Imagine Stockholm in Wellesley!  
       

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