Demolition of old Quincy High School approaching

The city plans to have the old Quincy High School knocked down before students start classes at the adjacent new school in three weeks.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Massachusetts Historical Commission on Tuesday gave the city permission to demolish the old high school, which was built in 1922. The old school closed in 2010 when construction of the new school on Coddington Street was finished.

The city needed approval for demolition from the federal and state agencies because the old high school is a historical property. In 2006, the city and the Army Corps of Engineers signed a document in which Quincy agreed not to demolish the building.

Now, with the go-ahead to demolish, the city plans to spend $3.1 million to raze the old school and turn the 3.85-acre site into green space.

The demo work is under way, and we will have it complete before school opens, City Solicitor James Timmins said in an email sent to The Patriot Ledger on Wednesday.

Quincys ninth-graders return to school Sept. 4, and students in grades 10 through 12 report back the following day.

Under the agreement that allows the city to raze the old school, the Army Corps of Engineers has mandated that the new green space be part of the new Quincy High School campus.

The federal agency also requires that:

The city establish a photographic record of the old high school by Aug. 26.

There is adequate space for off-street parking for those visiting the green space.

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Demolition of old Quincy High School approaching