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| Text on Button | 1903 Hamilton Grammar |
| Image Description | Illustration of a log and black and orange text on a cream-colored background. |
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| Additional Information | The Hamilton Grammar school originally began with one school house in 1729 in what was then dubbed Hamlet parish in Ipswich, Massachusetts.. As the town expanded the need for more schools and teachers began to grow, so 3 more schools were added to cover all four districts of Hamilton: North, East, South, and West. As the town expanded more and more mills such as the Norwood Mill and the Willowdale saw mill were constructed along the Ipswich River.
The schoolhouses lasted for over 250 years, many of the original buildings lasting for over 110 so that many students that went there went into the same building as their great grandparents. By 1949 all of the land had been sold and the buildings repurposed, mostly for churches. |
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Hamilton historical society. (n.d.), The 1860’s norwood’s mills at Ipswich river, highland st. Hamilton. [photograph]https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:0r96gx076
Hamilton-Wenham public library. Hamilton’s schools Hamilton-Wenham Public Library (PDF) https://hwlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/16-Schools.pdf
Historic Ipswich, The Willowdale mill, Historic Ipswich: On the Massachusetts North Shore https://historicipswich.net/2020/03/24/willowdale/
Hamilton Historical Society, (n.d.) 1904 graduating class, hamilton grammar school, north, on the town hall grounds https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:0r96h8464 |
| Catalog ID | SC0075 |