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The Mansfield Center School

Published by David Landry on October 14, 2020

LOST MANSFIELD # 7: THE MANSFIELD CENTER DISTRICT SCHOOL.

As early as 1794, a schoolhouse stood on this site in Mansfield Center. The earlier schoolhouse was replaced by this brick building, constructed in 1833. It served as the Mansfield Center district school until 1924. The conference room for the First Congregational Church was located on the school’s second floor.

Mansfield Center School 1833
Mansfield Center District School – Built in 1833, demolished in 1926. This photograph was taken in the 1920s.
Mansfield Center Library
Mansfield Center Library, built in 1926. On the right, the side of the Fitch House can be seen.

The Mansfield Center Library was organized in 1907. It was first housed in the Congregational church and later moved to the conference room in the schoolhouse. In October of 1925, the old brick schoolhouse was turned over to the Mansfield Center Library Association. The building was demolished and in 1926 a new town library was constructed on the site. A fine example of the Federal Revival style of architecture, the building served as the town library until 1972. By then it had been outgrown. The library relocated to its present site in the former Buchanan School in 1974. Today the former library building is a private home.

Mansfield Center Library Postcard
Postcard of the Mansfield Center Library, c. 1930. On the left, the side of the Congregational Church can be seen.

This series is made possible by a Capacity Building Grant from The Last Green Valley, Inc.

Posted in Lost Mansfield Tagged Mansfield Center, Mansfield Center Libray, Mansfield Center School, one room school house
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