Boston Road Ungraded School

Boston Road Ungraded School

This school was an ungraded school, meaning that children of all ages were mixed together. It was used from 1899, when it was built, until the 1920's, when it was replaced in the neighborhood by the Bailet school. It was converted into the Pine Point Library and stood until 1970, when it burned down in a case of arson.

Special thanks goes to Tom Devine for providing this super-rare photo of the school. He reminisces about it in his blog post.

The building appears quite large, but city records confirm that there was a single teacher in charge of the school. In 1901, Cornelia B. Thompson was that teacher. Oddly, the city records show this as a single-story building with 2 school rooms, capacity of 42 students. Perhaps it was renovated when it was converted to the library.