The original Brewster Elementary School designed by HMFH in 1976 accommodated 450 students with core facilities for 600. The firm was later commissioned for a 20,000 s.f. addition to include classrooms, a multi-purpose area, expanded maintenance, and administrative areas.

Located in the heart of Cape Cod's Old King's Highway Historic District, the school is a contemporary reflection of the region's architectural heritage, in scale with both its young occupants and its immediate surroundings. The overall concept is one of spatial and educational flexibility, encouraging the feeling that the whole school is the classroom.

The original school building received the 1976 Walter Taylor Award for excellence in school design from the American Association of School Administrators. The addition, completed in January 1989, received a citation from American School & University and appeared in the November 1989 AS&U School Portfolio issue, and was selected for exhibition in the 1990 AASA Exhibition of School Architecture.