MassachusettsPond Hill School is a plain Greek Revival frame schoolhouse built in 1857 in South Wellfleet, the last of twelve district schoolhouses erected in Wellfleet and the town's earliest surviving schoolhouse to retain its original appearance. The two-story, three-bay building on a brick foundation was built on a shares basis by local Paine Hollow men at a cost of $1,646.87, using Maine lumber brought by schooner. It served as the neighborhood district school for twenty-three years, with a first-floor primary room and a second-floor 'Fisherman's School' that taught navigation to boys who fished in season. After closing in 1880 it was bought in 1888 by the Ladies Social Union and later housed a local library (from 1912) and the South Wellfleet Neighborhood Association, remaining a community focus. It was listed under Criteria A and C for education, architecture, and social history.
Pond Hill School
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Pond Hill School is a landmark in Wellfleet, Barnstable County. It is one of 6,558 landmarks documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 41.9172, -69.9984 near Wellfleet. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pierce, Sylvanus Oysterhouse (landmark), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include South Wellfleet Forest Fire Warden's Firehouse, Lewis, John House, and Newcomb, Herbert Store and Gas Station.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Wellfleet once maintained twelve district schoolhouses. This two-story frame building of 1857, put up for the town's third district, was the last of them built and the last to survive largely intact, replacing an older single-story one-room school on the same ground. In 1912 the upper floor was reworked to hold a library. The South Wellfleet Neighborhood Association occupies it today, and it was added to the National Register in March 1989.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgsouth-wellfleet.com
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