District No. 2 Schoolhouse

The District No. 2 Schoolhouse, also known as the Northside School, is a historic one-room schoolhouse in the Northside Village Historic District in Charlton, Massachusetts, United States. It was built in 1848, and was in use as a school until 1949.

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Type: School building
Description: historic one-room schoolhouse in Charlton, Massachusetts
Also known as: “District Number 2 Schoolhouse”, “Northside School”, “Number 2 Schoolhouse”, and “Number Two Schoolhouse”
Address: 145 Northside Road

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Militia Lot and Rider Tavern.

Militia Lot

Park

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Militia Lot is a park, which is situated 640 feet northeast of District No. 2 Schoolhouse.

Rider Tavern

Historic building

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The Rider Tavern is an historic tavern on Stafford Street in the Northside Village Historic District of Charlton, Massachusetts. The tavern, now a large three story wood-frame building, was built in 1797, and was for many years an important stop on the stagecoach road. Rider Tavern is situated 830 feet north of District No. 2 Schoolhouse.

Northside Village Historic District

Historic site

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The Northside Village Historic District encompasses a rural village center on Stafford Road in northern Charlton, Massachusetts. Located at the junction of Stafford Road with Northside and Cemetery Roads is a small cluster of residential buildings, developed beginning in 1735 around a small tanning business, and later as a stagecoach stop. Northside Village Historic District is situated 800 feet north of District No. 2 Schoolhouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charlton and Oxford.

Charlton

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Charlton is a small town in Central Massachusetts located outside of Worcester. Charlton is primarily a bedroom community, though there are a number of businesses in the center of town and especially along the Route 20 corridor.

Oxford

Town

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Webster is a small town of about 16,000 in the South County region of Central Massachusetts along the Connecticut border. It was founded in 1832 by Samuel Slater, one of the initiators of the United States Industrial Revolution. Oxford is situated 6 miles southeast of District No. 2 Schoolhouse.

Spencer

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Spencer is a small town in the Worcester Hills of Central Massachusetts near Worcester. As a rural community, there is not much in the way of nightlife but there are many opportunities for outdoor exploration and recreation.

District No. 2 Schoolhouse

Categories: one-room school, historic building, school, building, historic site, and education
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.16269° or 42° 9′ 46″ north

Longitude

-71.95461° or 71° 57′ 17″ west

Inception

1848

Open location code

87JC527W+35

OpenStreetMap ID

way 212335032

OpenStreetMap feature

building=school

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=school

Wikidata ID

Q130509053

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Highlights include William T. G. Morton Monument and Fay Mountain Farm.

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