Fiske School today
In 1885, there were 11 school districts in Barton. Barton has a total area of 44.9 square miles (116.3 square km), of which 43.7 square miles (113.1 square km) is land and 1.3 square miles (3.3 square km) (2.81%) is water. Within four miles of my house I have been able to find two of these school districts and one of the school houses. Fiske School is still standing on Fiske Road and is now a private home.
Fiske School in 1918
"Floyd Marshall rides his bicycle around the yard in front of the Fiske School in 1918. Viva Potter taught about a dozen students from District 6 at the schoolhouse that year. One of the doors on the front was for boys and the other for girls; wood for the stove was stored in the space between. The addition at left was for the outhouses."
Only three inhabitants of a town were needed to petition a town for a new school district. And they did. The Fiske School was one such district. It merged with the Devereaux District in 1904. In 1924, this school received the “superior” ranking by the state board of education. The school was still in use in the early 1950s, when the Barton Town school district was overseeing only four remaining one room schoolhouses. In 1958 town voters merged the town district and the Barton Academy and Graded School district, which seems to have been the end of the Fiske School. I have not been able to learn why it was called Fiske School.
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References:
"Barton, Vermont." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 29 Feb 2008, 14:14 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 1 Mar 2008.
Young, Darlene. A History of Barton Vermont. Barton, Vermont: Crystal Lake Falls Historical Association, 1998.
"Barton, Vermont." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 29 Feb 2008, 14:14 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 1 Mar 2008
Young, Darlene. A History of Barton Vermont. Barton, Vermont: Crystal Lake Falls Historical Association, 1998.
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