Dry Mills in Gray in Cumberland County, Maine — The American Northeast (New England)

Dry Mills School House

1857

Photographed by Terry Quattrociocch1, August 10, 2025

1. Dry Mills School House Marker

Inscription. Dry Mills School
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1857

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1857.

Location. 43° 55.688′ N, 70° 20.993′ W. Marker is in Gray, Maine, in Cumberland County. It is in Dry Mills. It is on Game Farm Road 1½ miles east of Shaker Road (U.S. 26), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Game Farm Road, Gray ME 04039, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Portland.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Desert of Maine (approx. 10.8 miles away); Lewiston Falls Academy / L'Académie de Lewiston Falls (approx. 12.9 miles away); Bonney Park (approx. 12.9 miles away); Cities of the Androscoggin

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(approx. 12.9 miles away); a different marker also named Bonney Park (approx. 12.9 miles away); Wabanaki History / Les Wabanaquis (approx. 12.9 miles away); Foss Mansion / Le Manoir Foss (approx. 13 miles away); River Pollution and Restoration / Pollution et Restoration de la Rivière (approx. 13 miles away).

Regarding Dry Mills School House. The Dry Mills School House is a one-story, frame, Greek Revival style building which stands on a granite block foundation and has a gable front roof. It is sheathed entirely in weatherboards. The school occupies a site off State Game Farm Road that is approximately 1.5 miles away from its original location along Route 26. Relocation took place in 1990 when the school was threatened with demolition on the former
site. Facing south, the building’s front elevation features a single centrally located six-panel door that is surmounted by a projecting hood. A second opening in the gable peak is concealed by a door composed of vertically placed tongue and groove boards. A flag pole is mounted above this door. Paneled corner pilasters of medium width rise to a frieze board and short gable end returns

Dry Mills School House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Terry Quattrociocch1, August 10, 2025

2. Dry Mills School House

that in turn meet the raking cornice. An interior stove flue punctuates the roof at the north end. Both the east and west side elevations contain four symmetrically placed six-over-six double hung sash windows. The frieze and cornice continues along the sidewalls where it meets pilasters at the northeast and northwest corners. In contrast to the primary and secondary elevations, the rear elevation lacks architectural ornamentation, and has no door or window openings. In plan, the building has a vestibule at the south end to one side of which is an open room that is said to have served as the storeroom for firewood, and on the other side is a “recitation room”. A horizontal board partition separates these spaces from the main classroom which occupies the balance of the interior.
The classroom side of the partition contains four slate chalkboards that are located above horizontal board wainscot (which extends around the room). A stove and long stove pipe are located at the north end wall of the classroom.

(From the application submitted to the National Register of Historic Places)

Photographed by Terry Quattrociocch1, August 10, 2025

3. Dry Mills School House Marker

Photographed by Terry Quattrociocch1, August 10, 2025

4. Dry Mills School House

Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2025, by Terry Quattrociocch1 of Gardner, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 55 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 10, 2025, by Terry Quattrociocch1 of Gardner, Massachusetts. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.