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April 4, 2018  

Historic Montrose School, Rockville (1909)

Montrose School

Montrose School, Photo by Lewis Reed, ca. 1909

Completed in 1909, Montrose School was designed as a two room schoolhouse and offered classes for first to seventh grade. Other modern amenities included kerosene hurricane lamps affixed to the walls and pot-bellied coal burning stoves in each classroom; an outside hand pump provided well water, and outdoor boys’ and girls’ rest rooms. Increased modernization, including electricity and indoor plumbing were added throughout the early to middle decades of the 20th century. One hundred students enrolled.

Below, is a photo of teacher and students taken by Lewis Reed circa 1909.

Montrose School Class of 1908

Montrose School Students, Photo by Lewis Reed, ca. 1909