Fox Hill School

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Fox Hill School
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Location81 Water St., Danvers, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°33′1″N70°55′24″W / 42.55028°N 70.92333°W / 42.55028; -70.92333 Coordinates: 42°33′1″N70°55′24″W / 42.55028°N 70.92333°W / 42.55028; -70.92333
Built1879 (1879)
ArchitectRussell, George
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 87002554 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 10, 1988

The Fox Hill School is a historic school building at 81 Water Street in Danvers, Massachusetts, USA. Built in 1879 and in use as a school until the 1970s, it is one of two surviving one-room schoolhouses in the town. It now houses a preschool. [2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

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Description and history

The Fox Hill School stands in eastern Danvers, at the southwest corner of Water and Endicott Streets. It is a single-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade faces toward Water Street and the Crane River just beyond. It is symmetrical, with a pair of entrance on the main floor and a sash window in the gable above. The doorways are set in surrounds with pilasters, transom windows, and a slightly gabled pediment; the latter detail is repeated in the window surrounds. The building corners are also pilastered, with entablatures running along the side walls. [2]

The town purchased the land for the school (then about 2 acres (0.81 ha)) in 1875, and appropriated $1,000 to have the school built four years later. It was built by George Russel, a local carpenter, for $795. It was used as a school into the 1970s, and was being used by the town for storage when surveyed in 1981. [2] It has since been rehabilitated and adapted for use as a private preschool and kindergarten.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 "MACRIS inventory record of Fox Hill School". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 13, 2014.