Draft:Marlborough High School (Marlborough)

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In the year 1851, Marlborough then a town, voted to found a public high school, in the old 1827 Gates Academy, the first principal of the Marlborough High School at the time was 43 year old, Obediah Wheelock Albee. The first classes congregated on September 6, 1851. But due the population increase, the academy's tenure as a high school lasted only for nine years. A new public high school would be constructed in the academy's place in 1860. The new school at the time would open in January, 1861. Mr. Albee would renounce as principal and other individuals would take his place. The 1861 building was three stories, the basement was supposed to be used as a gymnasium, but was too humid for that reason. The building tenure as high school lasted for 34 years until the a new school at the time, was built east of the 1861 building in 1895.

The 1861 High School was repurposed as the Junior High School. The sixty-three year old building was demolished in 1924 for the expansion of the 1895 Marlborough High School. The expansion was identical to the 1895 building, and was built west of the building were the former 1861 High School was located in 1924. The Junior High was moved into the building. Plans were slated to construct a new high school on a former Indian plantation near Bolton Street. Construction began in 1960. e 1895 building tenure as high school lasted for sixty-seven years until the new 1962 high school was constructed. The 1895 High School became the junior high school fully. The 1962 high school has four stories, a library centered in the courtyard, a cafeteria at the front of the building, an auditorium and many other amenities.

A new high school was planned to be relocated north of the 1962 building, and construction began in 1976. The 1962 building tenure as the city's public high school lasted for fifteen years until the present day, 1977 High School was constructed. The junior high school was moved into that building and still is today. That building is also four stories, has a miniature auditorium, a larger gymnasium, larger cafeteria and larger classrooms. The 1895 High School was renamed as the Frank D. Walker Building in 1980, and was repurposed as office or mixed-use building and is significant landmark to the citizens of Marlborough. The 1977 high school was renovated in 2000. It is still the present-day high school now and has been for forty-seven years already.

References

• Mr. Obediah Wheelock Albee (1808-1866) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Albee-539
• Marlborough Massachusetts (No Author Name Shown) https://www.marlborough-ma.gov/historical-commission/pages/books-and-birch-rods
• Massachusetts School Building Authority https://www.massschoolbuildings.org/node/40170 and the help of some calculations.
• Susan Alatalo Community Advocate Walker Building https://www.communityadvocate.com/2023/05/27/walker-building-has-presided-over-downtown-marlborough-for-more-than-a-century/

• The High School https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~historyofmarlborough/history/schoolhigh.html

And the rest is what I have known.