Click above images to enlarge Garfield, James A., School 840Waterman, Detroit - Wayne County Other Names Beard, Frank, School Frank H. Beard School Historic District-Local Property Type brick building Historic Use EDUCATION Current Use EDUCATION Style Late Victorian Architect/Builder Malcomson and Higginbotham Narrative Description The James A Garfield School, is a red-brick, two-story, rectangular, Late Victorian building with a hip roof. The principal feature of the school's symmetrical facade is a centrally positioned, partly projecting, square, hip roof, entrance tower with a deeply recessed, arched entranceway in its base. The front facade is organized into five bays. Its two end bays and central bay project outward while the other two recede. Period of Significance 1866-1900 Significant Date(s) 1896, 1900 Registry Type(s) 01/26/1984 National Register listed 03/20/1984 State Register listed Site ID# P4507