District 13 Schoolhouse
New Ipswich Historical Society
Is it District 11 or 13 Schoolhouse?
The signage on the building is District 11 but apparently this is the District 13 schoolhouse circa 1842. The description in registry follows:
In 1842 District 1, which included the entire Center Village and was located in #60 on Main Street, was subdivided into three Districts. This building was built to serve the portion of the town around the Congregational Church (#86) and along Main Street to the foot of Meetinghouse Hill. This caused some controversy, as this new District 13 siphoned off the most affluent part of town from District 1. The building continued to be used as a school until 1896, when the Town voted to convert it to a storage facility for road machinery and tools. This was during the period when the population declined and the number of school houses went down from 13 to 4 in 1913, and the number of students from 400 to 130.
Carrie Wilson Revisited Again
I’ve discovered another photo which appears to be the Carrie Wilson house in winter. Also a photo of Carrie Wilson.
On this day - June 14, 1908
James Roger diary entry
14th (Sunday)
Warm sunny day. Mr. Peacock preached on Cyrus. S.S. after 6 present. C.E. leader Mrs. Shirland. David drove to Ford Reed’s about the stray cows and the men came at night for them.