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Granby voted in 1918 to build a tworoom school, and sold the old school at auction to Leslie Korper. The new building cost $5,000 and was of “harmonious design” to the other buildings in the new community center.
The residents of the First District were very proud of their brand new school, which cost $828.44 to build. They voted to insure the new school against fire, to fix up the grounds and outbuildings, to buy all new furniture and to invite Professor Camp to speak at the opening day ceremony.
The district also appointed a committee to “devise the best method for protecting the new house against depredations committed by the scholars and children.” The committee produced the following rules:
“That if any wilful mutilation shall be committed by any person on any part of this house by scratch or cut of the length of 2 inches or under, shall pay a fine not exceeding 25 cents nor less than 6 cents.
The parsimonious building committee for the new school may have skimped on quality, because only two years after opening in 1823, the school needed repairs. If enough money could be raised, the lower room would also be plastered.
What did Frederick Jewett and the other school masters teach their pupils? There was no set curriculum at that time.
The First District school records provide a fascinating glimpse of education in early Granby. The opening entry is dated December 14, 1807.
Part 1 of a series on early Granby education. A small house nestled on Salmon Brook Street near the firehouse was originally a one-room school.
Samuel Benjamin IV was a local entrepreneur who bought and sold many Granby properties through the years. The Benjamin family has a long history in Granby, Hartland and Granville, Mass.
The site of the telephone company building at 6 Park Place was once occupied by a much earlier building. It went through many changes and many owners and eventually was moved to a different location.
Four generations of Avery’s lived at 2 Park Place from 1925 when Bertha Rice Avery bought the house, until it was sold in 2016 for business suites. George W. Avery came to Granby from Chenango Co.