Contributed by Dixfield Historical Society
Description
Dixfield Common or Centre had the first schoolhouse in the Town of Dixfield. This brick building was errected in 1830-31 and had a wooden shed and outhouse attached. Town meetings were also held here for several years. The building was lost to fire in 1906. Students attended other districts in town until a new building was errected in 1919.
About This Item
- Title: Dixfield Common Schoolhouse, Dixfield Centre, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Dixfield Common, Dixfield , Oxford County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9.8 cm x 14 cm
- Local Code: 2014-99
- Collection: Reference Photograph Collection #058 (DHS)
- Object Type: Image
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- Schools--Maine--Dixfield
- Rural schools--Maine--Dixfield
- Buildings--Maine--Dixfield
- Municipal buildings--Maine--Dixfield
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Dixfield Historical Society59 Main Street, PO Box 182, Dixfield, ME 04224
(207) 562-7595
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