Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
Constructed in 1896, the two-story school building with distinctive Palladian windows at 22 Elm Street housed the Topsham Village School and Grammar School. It was named the John A. Cone School in 1938 in honor of the superintendent of the Topsham and Brunswick School Union who served from 1909 to 1923. Mrs. Augusta Cone was a teacher and principal of the school.
A fire heavily damaged the building in 1940, and it was reconstructed without the cupola. A fire damaged the building again in 1965 and it was deemed unfit for use as a school. After being rebuilt, it operated as the Topsham Municipal Building from 1967 to 2007. The old school has been restored and in 2018 housed apartments for the Highlands Retirement Community.
The well-worn path in the foreground led to the Brick School on Elm Street at the corner of the Riverview Cemetery. The school was later moved to Middlesex Road.
About This Item
- Title: High school building, Topsham, ca. 1910
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Location: Topsham, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Glass Plate Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: LB2008.19.115992
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
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