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Mill Street School, c.1905. (Photo courtesy of the Springfield Museum)
Mill Street School
Building Description
Style
Construction1889
Destruction
Architect
Original OwnerSpringfield school district
Initial UseSchool
Square Footage
Height
Location
CitySpringfield
AreaSpringfield Downtown
AddressMill Street
Zip Code97477
Historical Importance Distinctions
First prominent Springfield school


History

The school district replaced the pioneer school building in the 1880s. The Mill Street School, as it was called, was only a one-story, two-room building, which the student population quickly outgrew.

There is evidence that a cheese factory was in operation on Mill Street until 1889, when the factory building was converted into a school (Graham 1978a). The school was the first of a series of schoolhouses to occupy the Mill and D Street site that now holds the present school administration building, which was built in 1921 as a high school (Graham 1978a).

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