Wakefield High School students, 1900 [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – Photo courtesy of the Wakefield Historical Society.
- – 1 picture :
- – "The Class of 1900, was said (at the time) to have been the class with the greatest number of graduates from Wakefield High School. Of the 39 graduates, 21 successfully completed the Classical Course, and 18 completed the English Course. The graduation exercises were held on Thursday evening, June 28th at the Town Hall. The class motto was Pas a Pas (Step by Step), the class song was music from 'Martha', and a disputation 'Resolved that the Navy of the United States Should be Increased' was led by Owen Long Burdett (affirmative) and William Barron Rogers (negative). The salutatory and essay 'Is Higher Education of Advantage to Women?' was presented by Mary Gertrude Hickey, with the essays and valedictory, 'The Golden Age' presented by Anna Carter Mansfield. In the 1900 Town Report, School Superintendent U.G. Wheeler said: 'The high school occupies a more advanced position then ever before. The graduate of the school to-day (sic) has a better education than the college graduate of less than 100 years ago, and in our town it stands, as it should, at the head of our school system; the goal of which the pupils of the lower grades are working and the number belonging to the high school shows that a good proportion of them attain their object and avail themselves of its privileges.'" -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2008-06-24T18:36:31Z
- – 2008-06-24T18:36:31Z
- – 2000.
- – 2000.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 2000 ; June.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield
Lincoln School, circa 1896 [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – Photo courtesy of the Wakefield Historical Society.
- – 1 picture :
- – "These students appear to be in the first grade. The Lincoln School, now the site of congregate housing, was built in 1892." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2008-06-24T18:36:41Z
- – 2008-06-24T18:36:41Z
- – 1991.
- – 1991.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 1991 ; Inside back cover.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield
Lafayette Building, Wakefield High School, 1907 [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – 1 picture :
- – "Wakefield Town Meeting voted on April 3, 1871 to consider building a new high school to replace the South Reading Academy (site of the current Lincoln School) which had outgrown its usefulness. This task was assigned to a committee of five: Cyrus Wakefield, Lucius Beebe, Oliver Perkins, Richard Britton and George Packard. in May, Town meeting voted to purchase the old Prentiss property at the northwest corner of Lafayette and Common Streets. The property was once home to Rev. Caleb Prentiss, the seventh minister of the First Parish Congregational Church, who served from 1769 to 1803. The Prentiss house was moved to Traverse Street before the high school's groundbreaking in October 1871. The house fell victim to several fires over the years, and was eventually gutted by a fire. The high school was completed at a reported cost of $59,700 and was dedicated on October 10, 1872 in a ceremony presided over by J.S. Eaton, Esq. In his report to the Town in early 1873, School Committee Chairman Charles R. Bliss noted that the 'building, though larger than present needs require, will doubtless be none too large for our necessities in the future.' In 1900, the Town appropriated $15,000 to enlarge the school. The addition of 'six cheerful and commodious rooms to the old school building' was designed by Harland A. Perkins, an 1896 graduate of the school, and was completed at a cost of $12,000. The building remained as the high school until 1923 when a new school was built on Main Street. The building housed all eighth grade students, with the exception of the Greenwood students. It was renamed the Lafayette Builing and later referred to as the Junior High School. When the eighth graders returned to their neighborhood schools in 1936, control of the Lafayette building was transferred to the general use of the Town. The building was remodeled for municipal and veterans purposes in 1937 as part of a WPA project." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2008-06-24T18:36:44Z
- – 2008-06-24T18:36:44Z
- – 2006.
- – 2006.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 2006 ; October.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield Pictorial works.
[Walton field stadium proposal] [picture]/ Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – Photo courtesy of Wakefield Daily Item.
- – 1 picture :
- – "In 1945, an ambitious project was proposed for Walton Field which would create a new football stadium with seating for 25,000, new baseball grounds with a grandstand (moving the diamond to the northwest corner of the field), track, tennis courts, and a club house under the stands. The plan was made by Architect 'Johnnie' Rogers, a 'star' semi-pro baseball pitcher for the Wakefield Town Team. His plans called for a 'living memorial' to the men and women who were being discharged from the armed forces. The 'well-studied' plans called for two rustic, fieldstone entrance gates on the east side of the field and a new road along the south side of the high school, connecting Main Street and North Avenue. The stadium would be built of reinforced concrete with an outside surface of California stucco-effect. The plans also called for the future addition of stands which would be boxed in with shatter-proof glass, and a boiler room underneath which would supply heat through long coils. A field house, 'sanitary and well-lighted' would be located on the westerly side of the field. Although boosters of the plan said that the project would pay for itself in 'leaps and bounds,' the $250,000 project never got off the ground." -- Text from calendar.
- – 2008-06-24T18:25:37Z
- – 2008-06-24T18:25:37Z
- – 2002.
- – 2002.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 2002 ; Front cover.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield
Greenwood School, 1910 [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – 1 picture :
- – "In his report to the Town for the year ending January 31, 1896, School Superintendent Charles E. Hussey noted that Greenwood students above the sixth grade had to 'come to the center of town to go on with their proper classes. For children to be away from home from 8 o'clock a.m. to 5 p.m., every school day to travel two miles, to eat a cold lunch in a school-room, constitutes, I believe, a genuine grievance, and the objections to such a necessity are substantial.' At the March 24, 1896 Town Meeting, committee members A.H. Thayer, William F. Young, H.W. Walton, William H. Lee, C.E. Hussey, William G. Strong, and Daniel Evans submitted a report recommending that a four-room brick and slate school house be built by H.J. Preston at a cost of $16,500. The report was accepted and the new Greenwood schoolhouse was occupied that autumn under the direction of its Principal, Miss S.E. Wilkins, a teacher for grades seven and eight. The two-story building contained four rooms and was built on a Main Street Town-owned lot. The building was situated to allow expansion to the east 'when necessary.' All the rooms had southern exposure with the stairs and corridors to the north. The teachers' room was on the first floor, with the classrooms on the second floor. The basement contained the 'sanitary arrangements of the dry cremating system.' The plans originally called for a unique design for the chimney which incorporated a clock tower which was to be provided by the citizens of Greenwood. In 1910, the year when bubbling drinking fountains were added to all school buildings, the Town report indicated that registration at the Greenwood School was larger than usual, with the eighth and ninth grades confined to one room 'by necessity, owing to the larger regsitration in the other grades.' According to the report, there were '54 students in one room where there should be 42.'" -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2008-06-24T18:25:37Z
- – 2008-06-24T18:25:37Z
- – 2006.
- – 2006.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 2006 ; September.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield Pictorial works.
Tearing down old Woodville School, 1920 [picture]
description- – 1 picture :
- – The first Woodville School being torn down in 1920. In the background is the then "new" Woodville School. Ground was broken on the third Woodville School in 2001. The present 450 student elementary school opened in 2003.
- – 2008-06-24T16:18:17Z
- – 2008-06-24T16:18:17Z
- – 1920.
- – 1920.
- – 2004
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield
Lincoln School [picture]
description- – Photograph taken on August 5, 1905 shows the Lincoln School at the corner of Crescent and Otis Streets. The school was built in 1892 and is now used for elderly housing.
- – 1 picture : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm.
- – 2008-06-24T16:43:52Z
- – 2008-06-24T16:43:52Z
- – 1905.
- – 1905.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield
Franklin School, circa 1922 [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – Photo courtesy of the Wakefield Item Company.
- – 1 picture :
- – "The Franklin School, as it stands, was built in 1902 on Nahant Street. Plans for a new Junction school house began in 1900 when an article was introduced at the May 21st Town Meeting. A committee of five townspeople (School Committee member G.H.S. Driver, Thomas E. Dwyer, Augustus D. Jenkins, Thomas Hickey, and F.O. Clark) was selected to review whether an eight-room school house should be built. They were to make their report without exceeding $100 to procure the plans. In November, 1900, the committee reported back that 'it was inexpedient to make any additions to the present building (then on Franklin Street) as plumbing and heating of the old and new building would not only be expensive, but would make the building unsatisfactory.' The May, 1901, Town Meeting voted to purchase, or take by eminent domain, land on the northwest corner of Nahant and Traverse Streets for that purpose, and to erect an eight-room brick school house, according to the plans drawn by Harland A. Perkins. Some disagreed with the location, based on the costs of removing ledge on the Traverse Street side ($2 per square yard to cut away) and the filling of the bog in the rear (48 cents a square yard to fill). The land was taken in 1901, with construction starting immediately at a cost of $30,000. A sum of $1,000 was appropriated by Town Meeting to furnish the school, which later bought only 42 desks and chairs for five rooms, for a total of 210 seats. When school opened on September 8, 1902, approximately 240 students were on hand. A sixth classroom was quickly assembled with furnishings from other schools and districts. The building was enlarged in 1926 which doubled its room capacity." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2008-01-30T22:00:13Z
- – 2008-01-30T22:00:13Z
- – 1999.
- – 1999.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 1999 ; September.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield
- – multiple URL identifiers
Lincoln School, Wakefield, Mass. [picture]
description- – Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pA102.
- – Photos show views of the Lincoln School, built in 1895 in the Romanesque revival style. It is located at the corner of Crescent and Otis Streets. The building is how used for elderly housing under the aegis of the Wakefield Housing Authority. Photos taken at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 18, 2007.
- – 7 photographs :
- – 2007-12-21T21:21:19Z
- – 2007-12-21T21:21:19Z
- – 2007].
- – 2007].
- – Wakefield, Mass. Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield Pictorial works.
- – multiple URL identifiers
Hurd School, Wakefield, Mass. [picture]
description- – Photo shows the Hurd School on the northwest corner of Cordis and Pleasant Streets in the North Ward section of Wakefield. The school was built in 1898. It closed in the early 2000s. Photo taken winter 2007.
- – 1 photograph :
- – 2007-12-21T21:21:21Z
- – 2007-12-21T21:21:21Z
- – 2007.
- – 2007.
- – Wakefield, Mass. Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield Pictorial works.
- – multiple URL identifiers
Montrose School, Wakefield, Mass. [picture]
description- – Photos show the Montrose School on Salem Street near Wharton Park in the Montrose section of Wakefield. The school was built in 1918 and remodeled and enlarged in 1930. Photo taken winter 2007.
- – 2 photographs :
- – 2007-12-21T21:21:24Z
- – 2007-12-21T21:21:24Z
- – 2007.
- – 2007.
- – Wakefield, Mass. Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield Pictorial works.
- – multiple URL identifiers
Studio School, Wakefield, Mass. [picture]
description- – Photo shows the Studio School in Wakefield. Photo taken winter 2007.
- – 1 photograph :
- – 2007-12-21T21:21:24Z
- – 2007-12-21T21:21:24Z
- – 2007.
- – 2007.
- – Wakefield, Mass. Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield Pictorial works.
- – multiple URL identifiers
Greenwood School, Wakefield, Mass. [picture]
description- – Photo shows the Greenwood School on the east side of Main Street, number 1030 in the Greenwood section of Wakefield. The school was built in 1897, and remodeled and enlarged in 1902 and again in 1924. Photo taken winter 2007.
- – 1 photograph :
- – 2007-12-21T21:21:26Z
- – 2007-12-21T21:21:26Z
- – 2007.
- – 2007.
- – Wakefield, Mass. Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield Pictorial works.
- – multiple URL identifiers
Hamilton School, February 25, 1902 [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – Photo courtesy of the Edith Coflan.
- – 1 picture :
- – "The Hamilton School, built in 1884, was located at the southeasterly corner of Albion and Lake Street. On March 12, 1883, the Town of Wakefield voted at Town Meeting to appoint a committee to research the 'purchase of land and the erection of a school house.' Members of the committee included Lucius Beebe, chairman; William N. Tyler, Secretary; Thomas Winship; Samuel K. Hamilton; E.E. Emerson; and A.W. Brownell. The Committee reported back to Town Meeting on May 7, 1883, with a recommendation to purchase a 14,566 foot parcel of land from Lucius Beebe at a cost of $1820.75, and to build a four room school house at an approximate cost of $8000. By May 14, 1883, the committee had met with five architects and 13 builders. It was recommended that the town utilze the services of architect R. Pote Wait, Esq., and builders David Perkins and Dennis Greaney. It was also reported that the cost of the project would be approximately $15,000. The Town Meeting also voted to name the school after Samuel K. Hamilton, Town Moderator and Chairman of the School Committee. The Hamilton School opened in April 1884, and housed 200 students from the overcrowded West Ward, Franklin and Center Schools. The students who attended lived in the 'vicinity and west of the Junction,' and 'west of the railroad and south of West Chestnut Street.' When school opened in the Fall with children from another added to the rolls, the Hamilton School was noted as having 'excellent accomodations for four schools and 200 scholars and is arranged and adapted to the needs of that neighborhood in an admirable manner, and is in itself, an ornament and credit to the Town.' The Hamilton School was closed in the 1930's due to declining enrollment." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:49Z
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:49Z
- – 1993.
- – 1993.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 1993 ; February.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield
- – multiple URL identifiers
Warren School, circa 1930's [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – Photo courtesy of Edith Coflan.
- – 1 picture :
- – "The Warren School was built in 1895, one of six schools built in Wakefield between 1883 and 1902 to accommodate the increasing number of new residents and their children. Previously, the school children attended one of four district schools which were approved by the school committee in 1844: the West Ward School (on Prospect Street), the North Ward School (on Cordis Street), the East Ward School (on Salem Street near Lowell Street) and the South Ward School (in Greenwood, south of the Meriam Street bridge). The Hamilton School (now the site of a parking lot on Albion Street at Lake Street) was built in 1883, followed soon after by the Lincoln School (1892), Warren (1895), Greenwood (1896), Hurd (1899), and Franklin (1902). Three other schools were built within the next two decades: Montrose (1918), Woodville (1920) and St. Joseph's (1924). The Warren School was named in honor of Horace M. Warren, a resident who served with the Richardson Light Guard (and later with the 20th Regiment) in the Civil War. He was wounded in the Battle of Ball's Bluff and went on to serve in the siege of Port Hudson, later succumbing to injuries sustained in a battle outside Pittsburgh. On the day of his funeral, local stores were closed, school was suspended and flags were flown at half-staff. In 1867, the GAR post was named in his honor. His dedication to his country was remembered nearly 30 years later when Town Meeting members rejected the School Committee's recommended name for the school (Highland) and voted instead to name the new school as the H.M. Warren School." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:42Z
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:42Z
- – 1996.
- – 1996.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 1996 ; November.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield
- – multiple URL identifiers
Wakefield High School students, Main Street near the Rockery, June 4, 1923 [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – Photo courtesy of Wakefield Historical Society.
- – 1 picture :
- – "Wakefield High School pupils, teachers, staff and administrators moved from their former school on Lafayette Street (now Town Hall) to their new home on Main Street next to the state Armory on June 4, 1923. The move, which took the form of a parade, was led by Superintendent of School Willard B. Atwell, Principal Charles J. Peterson, Sgt. Ernest Munroe, and Miss Irene Laughton of the office staff. The drum corps of the high school battalion followed the staff in the line of march. All high school classes marched in order, beginning with the senior class led by Class President Roger Seabury, who later became the WMGLD Electric Superintendent. The seniors were followed in line of march by juniors, sophomores, freshmen and their teachers. The street was lined with students from the Greenwood and Montrose grammar schools, as well as many automobiles and their owners. When they arrived at the new high school, the pupils went to the rooms assigned to them and then assembled in the auditorium where Principal Peterson explained the rules and regulations and read the new orders students were to follow. Following recess and lunch, the students were dismissed for the day, with 'lessons' beginning the following day. The 'new' high school was located on Main Street where the Cyrus Wakefield estate once stood. The original high school building was destroyed by fire in December 1973. The site is now the Galvin Middle School parking lot." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:45Z
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:45Z
- – 2004.
- – 2004.
- – 2004
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 2004 ; Front cover.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield
- – multiple URL identifiers
Hamilton School, corner of Albion and Lake Streets, circa 1894 [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – Photo reprinted from the Proceedings of the 250th Anniversary of the Ancient Town of Redding.
- – 1 picture :
- – "Described as an ornament and credit to the Town, the Hamilton School was first occupied by students in 1884. The school alleviated some of the overcrowding of schools, but the Town was still faced with a shortage of primary school space even after the Town's first brick school house was built. As a result, other schools were built in 1892 (Lincoln), 1895 (Warren), 1896 (Greenwood), 1899 (Hurd), 1902 (Franklin), 1918 (Montrose), 1920 (Woodville), and 1924 (St. Joseph's). Plans for the four-room Hamilton school house began in earnest in March, 1883, when Town Meeting voted to appoint a five-member committee to research the purchase of land for the erection of a school house. The committee's report to build a school house for an approximate cost of $15,000 was approved by Town Meeting in May, 1883, with reconsideration of the vote denied at the June Town Meeting. At the same time, Town Meeting voted to move ahead with plans to buy land owned by Lucius Beebe and to name the new school house the 'Hamilton School Building' in honor of Samual K. Hamilton, Esq., Chairman of the School Committee. In addition to the School Committee, Samuel Hamilton also served as a member of the Board of Selectmen, Chairman of the Board of Library Trustees, Town Moderator, Town Counsel, and President of the Wakefield Water Company. He was a member of the Town's General Committee for the 250th celebration, as well as the celebration's sub-committee for Invitations; Historical, Literary and Musical Exercises; and for the study of a joint celebration between the towns of Wakefield, Reading and North Reading. His political aspirations led him to run unsuccessfully for Middlesex County District Attorney in 1883. The Hamilton School only served the Town until 1933, when enrollment numbers declined. The building was torn down to make room for a parking lot for Transitron (now Harvard Mills)." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:45Z
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:45Z
- – 1998.
- – 1998.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 1998 ; September.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield
- – multiple URL identifiers
Wakefield High School, December 25, 1897 [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – 1 picture :
- – "Now known as the William J. Lee Memorial Town Hall, the Lafayette Building was built in the early 1870's after townspeople agreed that a new high school was needed to replace the existing one on Crescent Street. The site selected, on the northwest corner of Lafayette and Common Streets, was the former site of the Parson Prentice house, built in 1740, the third parsonage in the First Parish. A 'fine, commodious high school edifice' was built and dedicated on October 10, 1872 'with becoming dignity and general approval. The building was conceded to be the best in the state.' In 1913, the Town of Wakefield voted to buy the estate of Cyrus Wakefield on Main Street for the new high school which was dedicated in 1921 and opened in 1923. All eighth grade students, with the exception of the Greenwood School, were transferred to the Lafayette School in 1923. The school was closed in 1931 and the remaining students were moved to the new high school where they attended the afternoon session. The building was remodeled in the late 1930's to house town officials and veteran's organizations. The Lafayette Building became the official Town Hall in 1962." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:45Z
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:45Z
- – 1993.
- – 1993.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 1993 ; Front cover.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield
- – multiple URL identifiers
Wakefield High School, Main Street, circa 1923 [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – Photo courtesy of Bourdon Studios.
- – 1 picture :
- – "Wakefield High School's Main Street facility was dedicated on Sunday, June 3, 1923 with an 'informal' ceremony at 2 p.m. and an open house and tour of the building from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Nearly 500 people were in attendance. Dr. Payson Smith, the State Commissioner of Education, the principle speaker, was joined on the 'broad stage' of the auditorium by Chairman of the Building Committee John J. Round, Superintendent of Schools Willard B. Atwell, Principal Charles J. Peterson, School Committee Chairman J. Lowe McMahon, building architect Frank I. Cooper, C.H. Cunningham (head of the construction company which built the school building), and two former teachers, Melvin Hill and Mary E. Wentworth. The two teachers were present at the previous high school dedication (the Lafayette Building - now the Town Hall) in 1872. To build the new high school, the Town of Wakefield voted to buy the Cyrus Wakefield estate on Main Street (built in 1851) in 1913. Plans were drawn up in 1916 and in 1919, the Town voted a bond issue of $450,000. The Building Committee began their work in 1921, and after 81 meetings, their work was complete. The architect noted at the dedication that the school exceeded the standards set by the National Education Association which required 50% of the floor area of the school to be devoted to the purposes of education. The dedication of the new high school occurred just a few weeks after the dedication of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library. The school was officially opened the next day, June 4th. The day started with students and teachers parading down Main Street from the Lafayette Building to the new school. Grammar school students (with the exception of Montrose and Greenwood) were dismissed for the occasion and lined the east side of Main Street, from the Rockery to the school. Later referred to as the Atwell Building of Wakefield Memorial High School, the building remained in use until it was destroyed by fire on December 12, 1971. The high school was built on what is now the parking lot for the Galvin Middle School." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:46Z
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:46Z
- – 1997.
- – 1997.
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 1997 ; Front cover.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield
- – multiple URL identifiers
School department [picture] / Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department.
description- – 3 pictures :
- – "The Wakefield School Department has a history all its own. Responsible for the education of hundreds of thousands of school-age children over the years, the department's growth and development is indicative of the importance the town has placed on quality education. To adequately educate the growing number of students in Wakefield during the late 1800s and early 1900s, ten schools were erected, and by 1944, students enrolled in the Wakefield Public School System attended one of these schools: the West Ward School (1847); the Hamilton School (1883); the Lincoln School (1892); the Warren School (1897); the Greenwood School (1897); the Hurd School (1899); the Franklin School (1902); the Montrose School (1918); the Woodville SChool (1920); and the High School (the former Atwell School destroyed by fire in 1972 - built in 1923). A number of these schools have been expanded and remodeled since then. After 1944, the following schools were built: the Memorial Building (now the Junior High School), the new Atwell School, Doyle, Walton, Dolbeare, Yeuell and the Wakefield High School on Farm Street. Appropriations for the schools have changed from $2,700 in 1844 to $62,900 in 1910 to the 1986 appropriation of $12 million. The number of school personnel has also changed dramatically, from 107 teachers in 1944 to the present day number of 289. At the turn of the century, 1,896 students were enrolled in the Wakefield School system. Enrollment reached an all-time high in 1968, with 5,667 students and has dipped to 3,398 students for the 1986-1987 school year." -- Text from calendar.
- – Captions: 1. Wakefield High School, December 25, 1897 on the corner of Common and Lafayette Street. The building, formerly the Lafayette School, was remodeled in 1938 and became the Wakefield Town Hall in 1962. -- 2. The Old Academy Building which later became the High School. The Lincoln School now stands on the site. -- 3. The Warren School 1st grade, June 21, 1933.
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:47Z
- – 2007-12-20T21:41:47Z
- – 1987.
- – 1987.
- – 2004
- – Wakefield Municipal Gas&Light Department calendar 1987 ; September.
- – Wakefield (Mass.) History Pictorial works.
- – Massachusetts Wakefield
- – multiple URL identifiers
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