District No. 9 Schoolhouse
358 Hoyt Rd., Gilford, NHDistrict No. 9 Schoolhouse, built in 1815 and remodeled ca. 1835, ca. 1856, ca. 1892, and in 1924, is significant as an excellent example of a nineteenth-century district schoolhouse whose modifications over the course of the century reflect continuing reform in schoolhouse architecture. The property possesses integrity of location, design, setting, workmanship, feeling, and association. Today, the District No. 9 Schoolhouse is the only schoolhouse in Gilford to retain high integrity. The other five surviving schoolhouses, all of which have been converted to dwellings, have lost their architectural integrity through additions, new fenestration and entrances, and in some instances, relocations.
District No. 9 Schoolhouse is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under the area of Architecture. Its significance under architecture is derived
ve representation of an early nineteenth-century schoolhouse that was modified in subsequent years to reflect local concerns and a statewide movement for improvement in schoolhouse design and construction. The period of significance and significant dates under Architecture coincide -- 1815, ca. 1835, ca. 1856, ca. 1892, and 1924 -- reflecting the approximate dates when the building was first constructed and subsequently substantially altered to its present-day appearance.
The property is also eligible for the National Register under Criterion A in the area of Education due to its ability to convey shifting trends in elementary education, imposed initially by local officials and, later, through statewide reform. Its significance is 1815-1935, reflecting the period during which the property was used as a school. The significant dates, 1815, ca. 1835, ca. 1856, ca. 1892, 1924, and 1935, reflect the years in which the property was first constructed, years in which it underwent substantial alterations in response to local or statewide educational initiatives, and in which it ceased functioning as a school.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
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