Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Old Atlantic School |
Catalog Number |
2008.1.030 |
Year Range from |
1910 |
Year Range to |
1940 |
Description |
The Atlantic Schoolhouse where the library is now located at 451 Atlantic Rd. In the early 1990's the school, which was by then the home of playwright Virgil Geddes and his artist wife, Minna Geddes, was bequethed to the Swan's Island Educational Society for a library. After major renovations and restoration, it was opened as a Library until it burned on July 24, 2008 due to lightening striking it. The building was built by Linwood Joyce in the early 1900's and stayed open as a schoolhouse until around 1950. |
Subjects |
Buildings Schools Bell towers |
Collection |
Eastern Illustrating Collection |
Place |
Atlantic |
Accession number |
2008.1. |
Caption |
Old Atlantic Schoolhouse |
Catalog date |
2015-11-16 |
Catalog type |
Standard |
Cataloged by |
May, Gwen |
Classification |
Schools Buildings |
Imagefile |
005\20081030.JPG |
Number of images |
1 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Search Terms |
Atlantic, Maine Atlantic Schoolhouse |