JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL - SOUTH ATTLEBORO, MASS.
Architects: Collaborative-Architects, Vara Construction Inc.-Builders
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Virtually any color in the spectrum is yours to use dramatically for plain surfaces, sculpture and polychrome panels-when you specify Architectural Terra Cotta. Whatever you create, Federal Seaboard can custom-make not only in form and color but in texture and size as well, for interiors or exteriors. This is why Architectural Terra Cotta can be combined so impressively with other materials...why it is utilized in so many outstanding buildings of all types. In addition to advantages of quality, appearance, permanence and price, it insures minimum maintenance. The original richness and beauty can be retained indefinitely by simple soap-and-water washings.
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source: Architectural Record, Ocotber 1956, Vo. 120, No. 4
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NOTE: I couldn't find any info on this building. Google images didn't help either and none of the middle/high schools in Attleboro look like this...
The Northshore Shopping Center opened on September 12, 1958. Main anchors were Kresge, J.J. Newberry, R.H. Stearns, and Stop & Shop. It had a total of 63 stores and 8,000 parking spaces. It also included a bowling alley (Holiday Lanes) and an open air amusement park called Kiddietown. It was designed by architect John Graham. In 1959 a Sears was added and on May 29, 1963 the 2 screens movie theater was opened with a special appearance by Jerry Lewis. The common area had a large pool that hosted fishing contests.
WHEN, after sifting through scores of entries, the judges of HOUSE BEAUTIFUL'S competition came to the house designed for Mr. Colby by Messrs. Wills, Stubbins and Peter, they all agreed that here was a greater contribution to architecture than almost any other submission. It was a summer home, to be sure; but the lines were at once clean, vibrant and rugged. And the arrangement of the rooms was calculated to make vacation life as pleasant and healthy as possible. Because the house is located with a magnificent view of the Atlantic Ocean on one side and heavy summer traffic on the other, all the large windows are relegated to the ocean side. A roof deck was mandatory because Mr. Colby desired an excellent view of the yacht races. The lower walls are of unplastered stone so that they may better withstand the buffeting of the wild winter waves. Despite its size and the difficulties of construction on a rocky ledge, the house cost only $15,000.
In contrast to the rough stone of the lower wall, the upper wall is trim and ultra modern. Because of the vertical battens, it sparkles with light and shade; and the monotony (to some people) of straight lines is changed into stimulating vibrancy. At the left is the outside stair leading from the guest bedroom to the roof deck from which Mr. Colby can look far out to sea. As shown above the windows on the highway side of the house are small - intended only to supply cross ventilation and to light the upstairs hall. The windows on the ocean side, however, are large plate-glass panels. A low wire-mesh rail on the terrace protects overenthusiastic yacht-race spectators from crashing on the ledge on which the house stands. Venetian blinds shut out the glare.
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House Beautiful | January 1940
