[MassHistPres] One room School Houses

[sceccacci at aol.com]

I found that on MACRIS you have to enter in your search, under Use Type, the term Public School.  There is no term  School or Schoolhouse available.  So, I came up not only with one-room schools, but also other types of public schools (multi-room schools or a high school in the public library).  However, it is easy to find in the listing which schools are one-room schools.


Susan McDaniel CeccacciJefferson

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From: Haley, Ben (SEC) <ben.haley at state.ma.us>
To: Connie Hellwig <oldcolchester at gmail.com>; masshistpres at cs.umb.edu <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Mon, Sep 21, 2020 9:19 am
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] One room School Houses

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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 HaleyPreservation PlannerMassachusetts Historical Commission220 Morrissey Blvd.Boston, MA 02125Ph: 617-727-8470Fax: 617-727-5128www.sec.state.ma.us/mhcben.haley at sec.state.ma.us Please be advised that the Massachusetts Secretary of State considers e-mail to be a public record, and therefore subject to public access under the Massachusetts Public Records Law,M.G.L. c. 66 § 10.From: MassHistPres <masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu> on behalf of Connie Hellwig <oldcolchester at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2020 7:24:34 PM
To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
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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