The Mather School
The Mather School is the oldest public elementary school in North America. It is located in the Dorchester region of Boston, Massachusetts and was named after Richard Mather.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: School
- Description: public school in Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Mather School”
- Address: 1 Parish Street, Dorchester, MA 02122
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Meeting House Hill and First Parish Church of Dorchester.
Meeting House Hill
Peak
Meeting House Hill is one of the oldest sections of Boston's historic Dorchester neighborhood. It is the site of the First Parish Church and the Mather School, the oldest public elementary school in North America.
First Parish Church of Dorchester
Church
Photo: Karlunun, CC BY-SA 4.0.
First Parish Dorchester is a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It was founded by English Puritans who initially saw themselves as reformers rather than separatists, but increasingly intolerable conditions in England and at the urging of Reverend John White of Dorchester, Dorset, they emigrated to New England.
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Place of worship
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church, noted for its historic church at 14–16 Cushing Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church is situated 3,000 feet north of The Mather School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Savin Hill and Uphams Corner.
Savin Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Savin Hill is a section of Dorchester, the largest neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Named after the geographic feature it covers and surrounds, Savin Hill is about one square mile in area, and has a population of about 15,000 people.
Uphams Corner
Neighborhood
Uphams Corner, or Upham's Corner, is a commercial center in Dorchester, the largest neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The intersection of Dudley Street/Stoughton Street and Columbia Road is the heart of Uphams Corner, and one of Dorchester's main business districts.
Fields Corner
Neighborhood
Fields Corner is a historic commercial district in Dorchester, the largest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States founded in June 1630.
The Mather School
- Categories: building, school building, and education
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.3083° or 42° 18′ 30″ northLongitude
-71.06105° or 71° 3′ 40″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
87JC8W5Q+8HOpenStreetMap ID
way 29801585OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolOpenStreetMap feature
building=schoolGeoNames ID
4943418Wikidata ID
Q7750665
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Hebrew—“The Mather School” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “马瑟学校”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدرسة ماذر”
- French: “The Mather School”
- Hebrew: “בית הספר מת’ר סקול”
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