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This schoolhouse was located in the northerly section of Holden. The first building was on Mason Road leading to East
Princeton. Unfortunately, the exact location of this building is not known. The second school for this district was built
south of the original one at the junction of Wood Street and Mason Road.
1840 - No Summer Terms were held during the 1840/41 and the 1842/43
school years.
1844 - The School Committee report of 1844 states the house was
"conveniently & comfortably constructed and in neat and good
condition."
1846 - The Winter Term was not held during the 1846/47 school year.
1871 - On December 22, 1871 the building was destroyed by fire. Only the
brick walls remained. School was held in nearby homes for the rest of
the term. The town voted on October 5, 1872 to rebuild the school
and appropriated $800. $960 was finally paid to J. H. Gleason for
construction of the new school.
1872 - School was not held at all during the 1872/1873 school year.
1886 - The school was completely closed from 1886 through 1912.
Squantum School about 1910
1913 - Through the efforts of the people in that section of town, the school
reopened again in the fall of 1913.
1917 - Declining enrollment forced the school to close for good after the
1917/18 school year ended. All students were merged into District #12.
Known Teachers
1859 - Marietta E. Holt
1860 - Miss Marietta Holt
1861 - Miss Carrie E. Knowlton,
Miss Marietta Holt
1862 - Miss Marietta Holt,
Miss Carrie E. Knowlton,
1863 - Miss Marietta Holt
1864 -
1865 - Clara A. Holt
1866 - Clara A. Holt
1867 - Ellen L. Howe,
Maria J. Metcalf
1868 - Sarah J. Hubbard,
Ellen M. Brooks
1869 - Mary J. Reed,
Sarah J. Flint
1870 -
1871 - Emma A. Bigelow,
M. V. Damon
1872 - Emma A. Bigelow
1873 - NO SCHOOL HELD ALL YEAR
1874 - Nancy Perry
Mary F. Coburn
1875 -
1876 - Alice Truesdell,
Abby Hapgood
Flora C. Holt
1877 - Mary A. Griffin,
Izzie E. Stockwell
1878 - Mary E. Bailey,
Helen B. Webber
1879 - Carrie M. Sibley,
Martha Moore
1880 - Addie M. Black,
S. E. Chamerlain
1881 - Emma A. Bigelow
1882 - Anna E. C. Purdy,
Nellie Kent,
J. E. Knight
1883 - Flora A. Strong,
D. A. Morse,
E. Francis
1884 - Sadie K. Chandler,
Mary E. Joyce
1885 - Juliette W. Smith (No Spring Term. No Winter Term - students
merged with District #12.)
1886 – 1912 - CLOSED
1913 - Agnes Gilway (School held for twenty-three weeks.)
1914 - Agnes Gilway,
Francis Buckley,
Gracia B. Pulsifer
1915 - Gracia B. Pulsifer,
Margaret E. Donahue
1916 - Margaret E. Donahue,
Irene M. Lindblad
1917 -
1918 - SCHOOL DID NOT REOPEN
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