Upton District #1 Schoolhouse - Upton MA - Former Schools on Waymarking.com

The increase in population at the center led to construction of the Greek Revival Center or District #1 School (UPT #176) at 26 School Street in 1851. The school was built when Upton still operated on the district plan, so all students living in the center district attended this two-story schoolhouse. In the early 1870s, the school committee decided that districts were inefficient, and consolidated grades. When the district plan was abandoned, the Center School housed the elementary school, and later the upper floor was used to house the high school until a new high school was constructed outside the district in 1897.

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In 1923 a new school house was built. It is presumed that this is when the building became the meeting place of the Patrons of Husbandry or the Grange. Upton's chapter was formed in 1867 at the height of its expansion in rural Massachusetts. Both the Grange and the Farmers Club are designated as responsible for the annual Fair and Cattle Show which was held in Upton in Central Square until 1942.

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Address: 26 School Street Upton, MA Web Site: [Web Link]

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