Wardwellville Schoolhouse, Otisfield, 1998
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Otisfield Historical Society
At least nine of the nineteenth century schools still survive in one form or another, most of them transformed into residences. The school buildings at Bell Hill and Wardwellville have met opposite fates.
The Wardwellville schoolhouse, located in what is now a rather remote section of town, was named for the many Wardwell families who once lived there. This photograph, taken in 1998, shows a desolate building that once served as a community center and later became a backwoods hunters' camp. Its walls are now covered with graffiti and trees grow through the floors of the building where children once learned their ABCs.
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