[MassHistPres] One room School Houses

[Haley, Ben (SEC)]

I can't say that it would pick up all of them, but a huge number of the 500+ search results were former schoolhouses being used as houses when documented. A lot of survey work would note past use(s) as part of documentation.

Ben Haley
Preservation Planner
Massachusetts Historical Commission
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Boston, MA 02125
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Would that way pick up any schoolhouses converted to contemporary residences? Hetty, Amherst, MA

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 10:05 AM Haley, Ben (SEC) <ben.haley at state.ma.us<mailto:ben.haley at state.ma.us>> wrote:

Dear Connie:


Have you used MACRIS to search for one-room schoolhouses? You may, of course, get replies from people in towns where examples have not been documented through survey and thus are not in the MHC inventory, but you'll probably find more through MACRIS than relying upon others to reply to you, since many extant examples could be in towns that don't have active historical commissions, or with members who don't check emails from this listserv regularly. You can enter "school" or "schoolhouse" in the "Common or Historic Name" field in the "Refine Your Search" section of MACRIS. A search I performed just now for "schoolhouse" in all towns, for example, returned more than 500 results. (I didn't try "school.") They're not all one-room schoolhouses, but most are photographed and have attached inventory forms with additional information, so would be a good place to start.


Ben

Ben Haley
Preservation Planner
Massachusetts Historical Commission
220 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
Ph: 617-727-8470
Fax: 617-727-5128
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Subject: [MassHistPres] One room School Houses

Hello – This is Connie Hellwig from the Salisbury Historical Commission.  I am conducting a survey throughout Massachusetts to find out how many one-room school houses still exist.  If you would each reply with your town with a yes, and how many, or no there are none, that would be extremely helpful and will enable me to publish my results.  Thank you!

Connie Hellwig
Vice Chairman
Salisbury Historical Commission

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