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Description
The building that housed the Dirigo School still stands on the Albert Street curve in Eagle Lake. According to James C. Ouellette’s history of Eagle Lake, the school opened in 1900. The two-story structure is unusual for a schoolhouse of that era and may have been raised sometime after the initial construction. This could have occurred in 1948, when funds were allocated for major repairs, or in 1955, after the closing of rural schools, which raised attendance at Dirigo. It was home to grades 5 through 8 until 1964.
Eagle Lake Elementary School opened in January 1965. After the school was decommissioned, the building became home to American Legion Post 176. A local resident states, “The town of Eagle Lake traded the school building with [the] previous American Legion hall and lot, which is the present day Eagle Lake public beach.”
About This Item
- Title: Dirigo School, Eagle Lake, 1957
- Creator: Rachel Martin
- Creation Date: 1957
- Subject Date: 1957
- Location: Eagle Lake, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9.0 cm x 13.2 cm
- Local Code: MCC-00360
- Collection: Rachel Martin Collection of Saint John Valley School and Convent Photographs, 1957-1982
- Object Type: Image
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