Palmer School (Boxford)
| Palmer School (Boxford) | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
 Little Red Schoolhouse |
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| location | Boxford , Massachusetts , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 39 '32 " N , 71 ° 0' 10.1" W | ||
| Built | 1845 | ||
| Architectural style | Greek Revival | ||
| NRHP number | 98000122 | ||
| The NRHP added | February 20, 1998 | ||
The Palmer School , alternatively known as the Little Red Schoolhouse , is a former schoolhouse in Boxford , Massachusetts . The official name of the building, erected in 1845, was District No. 2 schoolhouse . The Palmer School has been on the National Register of Historic Places since February 1998 .
history
District No. 2 Schoolhouse was built in 1845 as a one-class school at 58 Main Street, Boxford. It replaced an older school building at the same location. Students were taught up to eighth grade. The Boxford school inspector Gaius B. Frost suggested in 1913 that the school buildings in the various districts of the city should no longer be numbered but given the names of prominent residents of the respective districts. This proposal was implemented in 1914, District No. 2 Schoolhouse was named Palmer School. The namesake was the Boston politician and jeweler Julius Aboyneau Palmer, who regularly spent the summer months and his retirement in Boxford. The Palmer School was taught until 1931, after which the school was moved to the new and larger Aaron Wood School. The Palmer School was first auctioned off and in the same year came into the possession of Edna Rich Morse. She arranged for the building to be relocated to its current location at 33 Main Street. The former school has been converted into a community center. When the house was later painted red, the nickname "Little Red Schoolhouse" arose among the Boxford population.
See also
literature
- Roger Reed, Betsy Friedberg: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. ( PDF ) National Park Service , September 1997, accessed on March 3, 2016 (English, accessible via the NR button ).
- Martha L. Clark, Brenda Moore Stickney: Boxford . Arcadia Publishing, 2001, ISBN 978-0-7385-0527-5 , pp. 75 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Individual evidence
- ^ Massachusetts Historic Places Dictionary . State History Publications, 2008, ISBN 978-1-878592-67-5 , pp. 207 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Martha Clark: History Column: Naming Boxford's District Schools. Wicked Local Boxford, September 21, 2015, accessed March 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Martha Clark: History Column: It's summer - must be time for a school reunion. The Patriot Ledger, June 22, 2015, accessed March 3, 2016 .