Maine Memory Network

Bloomfield Academy Building, Skowhegan, 2003

Contributed by: An individual through Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1840 Location: Skowhegan Media: Color print scanned in grayscale

First Baptist Church, Skowhegan, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1842 Location: Skowhegan Media: Stereograph

Student Exhibit: Bloomfield Academy

In 1842, the new Bloomfield Academy was constructed in Skowhegan. The new brick building replaced the very first Bloomfield Academy, a small wooden building that had been built in 1814 and served as the high school until 1871. After that, it housed elementary school classes until 1980.

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

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