No. 5214 Old School House, painting on brick
Edward A. Huebener, a former Board member of the Dorchester Historical Society, was a collector of materials relating to Dorchester history including a very large collection of graphic materials, including prints and photographs, now owned by the Society. His very own contribution to this group of materials was the idea of taking a brick from a house that had been demolished and asking a local illustrator to paint a picture of the house upon the brick. The painted bricks may be viewed at the Dorchester Historical Society.
In 1798 the town voted to sell the old school and build a new one of brick on Meeting House Hill. The old School House was still standing in 1913 and used by Sebastian Cabot Peters as a dwelling on Freeport Street [from Official Program, Dorchester Day, Saturday, June 7th, 1913]. It was located at 233 Hancock Street. Part of Hancock Street was caller Freeport Street.
No. 2426 Photograph of the oldest School House standing (in 1913). Published in Official Program, Dorchester Day, Saturday, June 7th, 1913.
No. 2336 Photograph in the collection of the Dorchester Historical Society that may have been used as a model for the brick painting.