#BacktoSchool Time

Since it’s #BacktoSchool time, we thought it’d be fun to share school related photos from our Collection. These photos have been posted daily to the Dartmouth Heritage Museum’s Instagram account for the past week and will be posted until early next week. We think these photos provide a great glimpse into Dartmouth’s history, so we wanted to share our feed with those who may not have ventured over to Instagram yet.

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Since it’s #BacktoSchool time, we thought it’d be fun to share school related photos from our Collection! We’ll start with this one of Central School, which opened in 1866 and stood at the corner of King and Queen Street in downtown Dartmouth. It was built on the site of the King Street School where Alexander James (one of the original occupants of Evergreen House) was a teacher. Fun fact: Central School faced towards Queen Street whereas King Street School faced towards – you guessed it! – King Street. (DHM 1995.002.003) #dartmouthns #historicphoto #school

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Next #BacktoSchool photo is the first Greenvale School. It opened in 1891 and stood where the current Lofts at Greenvale apartment building is located in Dartmouth. Fun fact: The school was designed by architect Henry Eliot, who also designed Evergreen House! The first school was a wooden building and in January 1914 it burned down. In 1915, it was replaced with a new Greenvale School, this time made of brick. (DHM x.274.006 & DHM 1993.015.049) #dartmouthns #dartmouthheritagemuseum #historicphoto

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While school buildings are interesting, for today’s #BacktoSchool image we’re going sharing a class photo! This is Mrs. Bertha Murray’s grade two class at Hawthorn School in 1923! They look ready to learn. Do you recognize anyone? (DHM 1968.041.208) #dartmouthns #dartmouthheritagemuseum #historicphoto #hawthornschool #schools

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We’re going to jump ahead a bit for today’s #BacktoSchool photo. Here is Penhorn School, which opened in 1958. It was one of twelve schools added to the Dartmouth School Board when the Town of Dartmouth amalgamated with the surrounding communities in 1960 to become the City of Dartmouth. It was next to Woodlawn School on Athorpe Drive where a car dealership is currently located. Fun fact: Amalgamation resulted in 5,800 students from the County School Board joining the 4,700 town students. (DHM 2012.28.23) #dartmouthns #historicphoto #dartmouthheritagemuseum #penhornschool

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Remember Central School? Well, shortly after its opening in 1866, it was already too small for all the students who wanted to attend. To resolve this, the Town of Dartmouth leased the old St. Peter’s Hall, which stood at 40 Ochterloney Street. Today’s #BacktoSchool photo is of St. Peter’s Hall, or as it was known, Miss O’Toole’s school. The little wee children were moved from Central to be taught by Miss O’Toole. Very little seems to be known about Miss O’Toole. The Hall was later moved to 50 Victoria Road around 1890. (DHM x.134.001) #dartmouthns #historicphoto #schools #dartmouthheritagemuseum

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Can you believe today’s the last Saturday before students head #BacktoSchool next week! So there must be lots of classrooms like this one from Bicentennial Junior High School all set up and just waiting for them! Fun Fact: BiHi (as it is affectionately known) opened in September 1951 and was named Bicentennial because it was conceived in 1950, the 200th anniversary of Dartmouth’s founding. (DHM 1993.015.017, date unknown) #dartmouthns #historicphoto #dartmouthheritagemuseum

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Prince Arthur Junior High opened in 1956 and stood at 38 Fenwick Street where Dartmouth South Academy is currently located. It was the second junior high in Dartmouth, after BiHi. Prince Arthur closed in 2015 and was demolished to make room for the new school. Fun Fact: In July 1956, the first new movie projector in the entire Dartmouth School Board was purchased for Prince Arthur! (DHM 1988.038.122) #backtoschool #dartmouthns #historicphoto #dartmouthheritagemuseum

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We present this photo of a grade 10A class from Park School for today’s #BacktoSchool throwback. It was taken on May 11, 1928. The first Park School was built in 1879 and was located on Wyse Road near the Dartmouth Common, which is why it was first called Common School. It was built to accommodate the students scattered in classrooms around Dartmouth, like Miss O’Toole’s school. The Park School these grade 10 students attended opened in 1919 and was located across the street from the first Park School. Fun Fact: The first Park School was rented to the military during WWI. (DHM 1968.041.370h) #dartmouthns #historicphoto #school #dartmouthheritagemuseum

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We would like to interrupt your regularly scheduled photo series with this archival record. Today’s #BacktoSchool throwback is a register from Tufts Cove School dated 1942, so during WWII. Tufts Cove School was a two room school that opened in 1891 and stood on the corner of Albro Lake Road and Windmill Road, where Farrell Hall is located. Tufts Cove was one of three new schools built after the Free Schools Act, along with Central and Woodside. Fun Fact: Henry Elliot, the architect behind Central School, Woodside School and Evergreen House, also designed Tufts Cove School. Elliott, it seems, loved designing schools. (DHM 1975.31.24) #dartmouthns #historicphotos #school #dartmouthheritagemuseum

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Today ends this #BacktoSchool photo series. But it ends on a high note, since it’s Helen Creighton’s birthday and school started today! 🎈Double the celebration! 🎉Enjoy this photo of Helen with her class at Central School in 1913 or 1914. (Although the description says Central, we believe it might be Greenvale). (DHM 1968.41.385) #dartmouthns #helencreighton #historicphoto

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