Mill Street School
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 Mill Street School, c.1905. (Photo courtesy of the Springfield Museum) |
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| Mill Street School | |
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| Building Description | |
| Style | |
| Construction | 1889 |
| Destruction | |
| Architect | |
| Original Owner | Springfield school district |
| Initial Use | School |
| Square Footage | |
| Height | |
| Location | |
| City | Springfield |
| Area | Springfield Downtown |
| Address | Mill Street |
| Zip Code | 97477 |
| Historical Importance Distinctions | |
| First prominent Springfield school | |
[edit] 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).
Three larger schools, the first Springfield High School on Mill Street, Lincoln School, and the Glenwood school, were two-story, wood-frame buildings with multiple classrooms. None of these are extant. The Mill Street School, however, was replaced in 1921 by a three-story masonry building with stylistic elements associated with restrained classicism. It was used as the high school until a new modern facility was built in the 1940s; it is now used to house the Springfield School District offices.
