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This school was built in 1901, but is no longer standing. The site is now occupied by the Joseph P. Gentile Apartments, managed by the Springfield Housing Authority.

This school was built in 1896, and has been renovated into elderly housing.

Built in 1894, it is no longer standing. It was closed in 1978 and demolished in 1999 after being neglected and abandoned by the city for over 20 years.

This school was an ungraded school, meaning that children of all ages were mixed together. It was used from 1899, when it was built, until the 1920's, when it was replaced in the neighborhood by the Bailet school. It was converted into the Pine Point Library and stood until 1970, when it burned down in a case of arson.

Dry Bridge School was an ungraded school built in 1881. It was listed as being only heated by a stove in the 1901 City Report.

The above picture is from a 1952 publication celebrating the Springfield Centennial. I drove by the area where the school was located, and found this house:

Built in 1868, this is still standing, having been converted into apartments. It is at the corner of Worcester and Myrtle Street in Indian Orchard.

This school was being phased out in 1900. It was listed as having just four rooms, no other information is available about it. The photo is from 1892's Picturesque Hampden.

The Pynchon School was built in 1891, and was situated right around where East Columbus Avenue runs today. The 1910 city atlas suggests that it was used as a temporary municipal office building while the Municipal Group was under construction following the fire at the old city hall. In 1946 it was listed as an annex of the Homer Street School.

This was a mixed-grade schoolhouse, built in 1888, situated at the corner of Springfield and Armory Streets. Armory Street has since been slightly reconfigured. I don't know when it was demolished.

Barrows school was originally known as Oak Street School when it was built in 1868. This photo is from Picturesque Hampden, the school is described as Oak Street but I'm fairly sure it is the Barrows School. I don't know when it was demolished.