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Chelsea Point School
(Demolished)








Built in 1805, the first school in what was then Chelsea Point, was located at the the corner of Winthrop and Pauline streets in Metcalf Square, now the Police Station. The building was moved in 1856 and is now the top of the back portion of a house on Winthrop St.
"...The first school house in this part of Old Chelsea was erected in 1805 on a part of the present town hall grounds...."
"...In 1805, the Town of Chelsea built a school house of moderate dimensions on land donated by John Sargent Tewksbury. This seat of learning was located where the post office stands today..."
"Upon this historic site there once stood our three village schools. The first, a room school built in 1805, was replaced in 1851 when a larger one was needed..."
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