The Brick School House is a single-story brick structure, with a hip roof and a granite foundation. It is set facing south on the east side of Maine State Route 179, about 0.25 miles (0.40 km) south of its junction with Maine State Route 9. It is roughly square in shape, with three windows on its west face, none on its east face, two on the north face, and two (along with the door) on the south face. The door, believed to be original, is board-and-batten. A brick chimney rises on the north side. The interior is simply finished, with wainscoted walls.[3]
The town of Aurora was settled in 1808, and had by 1820 built its first schoolhouse. It authorized construction of this building in 1827. The use of brick in its construction is unusual, given the wide availability and use of wood as a building material in a community with a timber-based economy. It is believed that the impetus for using brick came from Samuel Silsby, the town's first settler, who was educated in a brick schoolhouse in Connecticut. The building was well ahead of its time in terms of standards, exceeding those established by the state twenty years later. It was used as a school until 1918, and has also been used as a town hall. It was rehabilitated in the 1950s.[3]
In 1982, voters at a town meeting authorized the town selectman to seek a community development block grant to fix the Brick School House while authorizing a $750 expenditure from the town as well.[4] The objective was to convert the building for use as a public library.
Somewhere around 2018-2019, the building was used as a community center. The building is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]
brick, school, house, former, civic, building, north, side, maine, state, route, aurora, hancock, county, maine, built, brick, 1827, oldest, standing, public, brick, building, hancock, county, listed, national, register, historic, places, 1980, national, regis. The Brick School House is a former civic building on the north side of Maine State Route 179 in Aurora Hancock County Maine Built of brick in 1827 it is the oldest standing public brick building in Hancock County 2 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 1 Brick School HouseU S National Register of Historic PlacesShow map of MaineShow map of the United StatesLocationAurora MaineCoordinates44 50 51 N 68 19 43 W 44 84750 N 68 32861 W 44 84750 68 32861Arealess than one acreBuilt1827NRHP reference No 80000221 1 Added to NRHPApril 23 1980Description and history editThe Brick School House is a single story brick structure with a hip roof and a granite foundation It is set facing south on the east side of Maine State Route 179 about 0 25 miles 0 40 km south of its junction with Maine State Route 9 It is roughly square in shape with three windows on its west face none on its east face two on the north face and two along with the door on the south face The door believed to be original is board and batten A brick chimney rises on the north side The interior is simply finished with wainscoted walls 3 The town of Aurora was settled in 1808 and had by 1820 built its first schoolhouse It authorized construction of this building in 1827 The use of brick in its construction is unusual given the wide availability and use of wood as a building material in a community with a timber based economy It is believed that the impetus for using brick came from Samuel Silsby the town s first settler who was educated in a brick schoolhouse in Connecticut The building was well ahead of its time in terms of standards exceeding those established by the state twenty years later It was used as a school until 1918 and has also been used as a town hall It was rehabilitated in the 1950s 3 In 1982 voters at a town meeting authorized the town selectman to seek a community development block grant to fix the Brick School House while authorizing a 750 expenditure from the town as well 4 The objective was to convert the building for use as a public library Somewhere around 2018 2019 the building was used as a community center The building is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places 5 See also editNational Register of Historic Places listings in Hancock County MaineReferences edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service March 13 2009 Our Town Ellsworth American April 25 2002 Archived from the original on 1 December 2008 Retrieved 9 April 2013 a b NRHP nomination for Brick School House National Park Service Retrieved 2015 01 11 Aurora voters authorize block grant application Bangor Daily News April 2 1982 Retrieved 9 April 2013 Leatherberry Earl 2019 09 13 Maine Hancock County Aurora Brick School House retrieved 2023 10 09 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brick School House amp oldid 1193462494, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
