 Click image for more information Comte de Rochambeau School (Elementary)
80 Gibson Street, Dorchester
Built 1918
Joseph McGuinness, Architect
Comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), the Commander of the French forces in America during the Revolution, was born in Vendome, France. He entered the French Army at the age of 17 and rose to the rank of General. Rochambeau's army of 6,000 was instrumental in gaining the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
The building was converted to residential condominiums, about 1990.
Source:
What's In a Name? Names of Boston's Schools: Their Origin. Boston: School Volunteers for Boston and the Boston Public Schools, 1980.
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