About the Munroe School Building
The Munroe School, owned by the Town of Lexington, has housed teachers and students since its groundbreaking in 1905. Students--both from elementary school days and contemporary art school days--uniformly express warm memories of their teachers and classrooms. Perhaps there is a spirit of comfort and inspiration that looks over the building?
The Town of Lexington surplused the Munroe School about 1981. In the beginning, local cable TV and a Christian organization used the building. A group of Lexington artists and arts educators came together to from ARTS/Lexington and began to manage the building in 1984. Several of the current schools hail to this time. This umbrella organization lasted ten years at which time, in 1994, it was superceded by Lexington Friends of the Arts, doing business as Munroe Center for the Arts.
The Town of Lexington surplused the Munroe School about 1981. In the beginning, local cable TV and a Christian organization used the building. A group of Lexington artists and arts educators came together to from ARTS/Lexington and began to manage the building in 1984. Several of the current schools hail to this time. This umbrella organization lasted ten years at which time, in 1994, it was superceded by Lexington Friends of the Arts, doing business as Munroe Center for the Arts.
Leases
Tenants of Munroe Center for the Arts pay triple-net rents and market rates for the old school building they inhabit. Schools pay $16/s.f. and artists pay $13.5/s.f. for their studio spaces.
Munroe Center for the Arts signed a license agreement (temporary lease) in June 2009 with the Town of Lexington for $24,000/year, retroactive to October, 2008.
Laurie Dell'Olio, Business Manager
781-862-6040
Munroe Center for the Arts signed a license agreement (temporary lease) in June 2009 with the Town of Lexington for $24,000/year, retroactive to October, 2008.
Laurie Dell'Olio, Business Manager
781-862-6040
