Joseph Lee School (Elementary)
155 Talbot Avenue, Dorchester
Built 1871
Joseph Lee was born in 1862. As a member of the Boston School Committee from 1909-1917, he was instrumental in establishing many public playgrounds. He is known as “the father of the American playground.”
[Although What’s in a Name says the school was built in 1871, it was built in 1971]
Source:
What’s In a Name? Names of Boston’s Schools: Their Origin. Boston: School Volunteers for Boston and the Boston Public Schools, 1980.