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tage after the new one was built. It was not sold at this time. 

 This building seems never to have rested in one place very long. 

 It had found its way, before 1818, to another spot; for the town 

 voted in that year that " the old schoolhouse that stands near 

 the old Alms House, be removed to some suitable place and put 

 in sufficient repair to keep the female school in." It found its 

 way to a point near the present Grammar-school house, though 

 somewhat north of it, within the present limits of the Cemetery. 

 In 1829 it was sold, removed first to Middle Street, then near 

 the steamboat landing, and finally to Cobb's Bank (Green Street), 

 where it was converted into a dwelling-house, and is still standing. 



The house built in 1797 for the " male school " stood on the 

 site above described as the " west part of Daniel Waters' Home 

 lot." Its dimensions were 19 X 27 feet. In 1829 it was removed 

 to the site of the old " female-school " house, sold in the year 

 above-mentioned, and occupied by the " female school." In this 

 same year, 1829, another of the four new schoolhouses in the 

 town was built in the Middle District, upon the spot where the 

 previous house had stood. Its dimensions were 31 X 34i feet and 

 12 feet high, with accommodations for 100 scholars. It was 

 opened with appropriate exercises, including an address by Solo- 

 mon Lincoln, Jr., Nov. 24, 1829, and was for the " male school." 



In 1848 both schoolhouses, being within the burial-ground, 

 were removed to the lot upon which the houses now stand, the 

 " male-school " house (1829) being put upon the site of the present 

 Grammar-school house and the " female-school " house (1797) in 

 the rear. 



In 1857 the house built in 1797, which had been enlarged in 

 1840 by an addition of 10 feet in length, was sold at public 

 auction and removed in two parts to Hobart Street, nearly 

 opposite the Pound, and converted into two small dwelling-houses, 

 which are now standing. The house built in 1829 was moved 

 farther back upon the lot, and subsequently occupied as an ar- 

 mory by the Lincoln Light Infantry. 



In this same year, 1857, the present two-story schoolhouse 

 was built for the accommodation of two schools. It was dedi- 

 cated Nov. 9, 1857, an address being delivered by Henry Edson 

 Hersey. 



In 1875 the "Armory" was fitted up for the Intermediate 

 School, and in 1883 it was again altered and enlarged. 



4. Rocky Nook. 



The earliest date at which a schoolhouse in this district was 

 the property of the town was 1821. A school of some description 

 had been kept there many years before, according to the Town 

 Records ; for in 1768 " the question was put whether the town 

 would keep the schoolhouse in repair at Rocky Nook ; passed in 

 the negative." Provision was also made for a school there in the 

 new arrangement of 1794. 



