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A school was constructed in 1817 as a plain, two story building at the corner of Greene St. and the Crescent, where the residence of Mrs. H.R. James stood. It served
the whole village for a number of years. In 1825, a stone school house was erected near the corner of Knox and Caroline Streets, opposite St. John's Episcopal Church. In 1850, a brick school house was
constructed on Franklin Street as Public School No. 1, between Montgomery and Jay. "It is spacious and elegant, a model for those who contemplate the erection of a convenient and well arranged
schoolhouse." Public School No. 2, of brick, was built on Washington Street in 1854; Public School No. 3, of brick, on Park Street in 1853; Public School No. 4, of stone, on Ford Avenue in 1856;
Public School No. 5, of brick, in the east part of the village; Public School No. 6, of stone, on Lafayette Street, in 1864 (this building still stands at the corner of Lafayette and Congress Streets);
Public School No. 7, of brick, on Barre Street in 1870; Public School No. 8, of brick, on the corner of Ford Ave. and Pine in 1870; Public School No. 9, of wood, on Knox Street on the engine house lot.
The Grammar School building, also called No.2, was erected of brick on Washington Street about 1877. When Public School No. 6, still standing at the corner of Lafayette and Congress Sts., was closed, a
new school was built, No. 9, in the 700 block of Congress St. where it still stands today. Lincoln School opened in 1926 on Knox St., between Seymour and Rossell Streets
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