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One-Room School
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: June 16, 2013
Caption: One-Room School
Additional Description: Port Republic School No. 7, built about 1870 and closed in 1932. One teacher usually taught seven grades. Children walked to school from as far as three miles away. In the 59 similar schools throughout Calvert County, enrollment averaged about 30.

This building was restored in 1977 by the Calvert Retired Teachers Association.

Calvert County Historical Society Board of County Commissioners and Maryland Historical Society
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Submitted: June 17, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p244924
File Size: 1.949 Megabytes

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