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804: 87: 62: 48: 235:-story wood-frame structure, with a clapboarded exterior and a gable roof, and rests on a granite foundation. A single brick chimney pierces the roof, and a small ell, containing a passage and two privies, extends to the northeast. There are no windows in the south and east walls, and a bank of four sash windows in the north wall. The west wall has the main entrance, which is flanked on each side by sash windows, with a third window in the gable. 815: 239:
a height of about 4 feet (1.2 m); the rest of the walls are plastered. A slate blackboard occupies most of the south wall. The room is filled with original desks made of wood and cast iron, with glass ink wells. Other furniture includes the original desk and teacher's chair, a wooden table, bookcases which hold most of the library collection of the former town of
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The interior is divided into three sections. The entrance opens into a vestibule area which extends across much of the western facade, with a small storage room on the northwest corner. Most of the building is taken up by the classroom. The classroom has a form of wainscoting using floorboards to
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The school was built by the town of Newry in 1895 to serve its district number 1 student population. It was used by the town until the 1940s, when its schools were consolidated into a larger district. It has since been used as a community center and Sunday school.
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is an historic school on Sunday River Road, just north of its junction with Skiway Road, in
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Oxford County, Maine
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National Register of Historic Places in Oxford County, Maine
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Lower Sunday River School is located in Maine
Lower Sunday River School is located in the United States
Newry, Maine
44°28′21″N 70°49′56″W / 44.4724°N 70.8321°W / 44.4724; -70.8321
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Newry, Maine
Oxford County
National Register of Historic Places
Grafton
National Register of Historic Places listings in Oxford County, Maine


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