The High School
by Mrs. Pertice Gaskill
The High School had been built in 1903 next to the Freewill Baptist Church in Contoocook. This building accommodated the grade school pupils as well as high school classes. It was torn down when the new High School on Park Avenue was built in 1953. In 1950-1951 there were six teachers in the high school besides the principal.
From former students in this building, I learned that the students could jump up and down on the upstairs floor and they could close the downstairs windows. If everyone that was in the back of the top floor started to rock back and forth the whole building seemed to move. The principal used to stand in the second story window and watch the students so they wouldn't leave the school grounds and go to the store.
From an old booklet about Hopkinton it states that “The schools of Hopkinton have since the early days ranked high. All the elementary schools are graded and in charge of competent teachers and follow courses of study prescribed by the State Department of Education. A high school that fits for college and community life is located at Contoocook. It provides courses in Classics, English, Agriculture, Domestic Science. The Schools are under state supervision and maintain as high a standard as any town in the state."
I enjoyed doing the square and my thanks to Dr. Lightfoot for the picture of the high school and to Dotty Graziano for the drawing of the square. To Ty Houston for his gray shirt and Tess Tardy for the yellow windows and green bushes and my friends and fami1y for the encouragement and patience
Mrs. Pertice Gaskill
Maple Street
Next to Mildred Reid's Writers' Colony
LOC Subject Headings
School buildings -- New Hampshire -- Hopkinton -- Pictorial works
School buildings -- New Hampshire -- Contoocook -- Pictorial works
Historic buildings -- New Hampshire -- Hopkinton -- Pictorial works
Historic buildings -- New Hampshire -- Contoocook -- Pictorial works
