Rockland High School (1909) Explained

Rockland High School
Location:Rockland, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.1489°N -70.9181°W
Built:1909
Architect:Cooper & Bailey; Frank Irving Cooper
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:March 23, 1989
Refnum:89000217

Rockland High School is a historic former high school building located at 349 Union Street in Rockland, Massachusetts. It was built in 1909 and served as the town's second high school until 1928.[1] It was later converted to lower grades and was known as McKinley School.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

The building is now a community center - housing day care, pre-school and meeting spaces for Girl Scouts. The building housed Rockland's senior center prior to the construction of a new senior center on Plain Street.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=dHAy5g0mo44C&dq=rockland+high+school+built+1957&pg=PA46 Rockland
  2. https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=rck.149 MHC Inventory Form
  3. http://rockland-ma.gov/all-boards-committees/council-on-aging/ Council on Aging