The Indian Stream Schoolhouse on Tabor Rd. in Pittsburg, NH was built in 1897 and was operational until 1939. After decades of neglect, it has been restored with many of the original furnishings and mementos donated by former students and community members.
Documenting the Building and Furnishing of the Indian
Stream Schoolhouse (District 1)
Town of
Pittsburg School Treasurer
Receipts and Town Selectmen Receipts
August 22, 1896
Paid Elias Farnham $30 on schoolhouse in District 1
August 29, 1896
Paid Willie Judd $25.44 as part payment on Schoolhouse in District 1 (Indian
Stream)
February 15, 1897
Paid Willie Judd $2 for services as building committee in District 1 (Indian
Stream)
Selectmen vote to raise $75 to pay for furnishing, $100 for fixtures and furniture, and buying land for schoolhouse in District Number One (Indian Stream).
(copy of warrant article)
May 7, 1897
Paid Willie Judd Building
committee $105. for seats and repairs in District 1.
October, 30, 1897
Paid Willie Judd $22 for grading grounds and building steps in District 1.
November 27, 1897
Paid Willie Judd $50 for purchase of school bells for Indian Stream and District
#4 (Danforth) schoolhouses.
May 27, 1899
Paid Edw. E. Babb & Co. $100 for globe and chart for school
July 18, 1903
Paid Mrs. Etta Amey $4 for one map for Indian Stream Schoolhouse.
February 8, 1904
Paid Mrs. Etta Amey $5 for blackboard for District #1
June 30, 1908
Paid to Charles Young $12. for painting the Indian Stream Schoolhouse
June 30,1908
Paid HC Blanchard $3 for 1.5 cord of wood for Indian Stream schoolhouse
May 28, 1910
2 school desks purchased from Beecher Falls Co. for $16.
(copy of receipt #5)
December 16, 1910
School books purchased from American Book Co.
(receipt #74)
1912 – schoolhouse building project (not noted which schoolhouse district) - several receipts for building new schoolhouse.
September 1912
Paid G. F. Franklin $125 for painting and oiling floor at Indian Stream.
October 1914
Hall Stream Schoolhouse completed
1914-1917
Lula and Rose Brooks (students) are paid to do janitor work and water closet
cleaning at the Indian Stream Schoolhouse.
May 1, 1915
Paid Alfred E. Amey $9.50 for labor on schoolhouse in District #1
August 31, 1915
Paid Alfred E. Amey $30.50 for shingling Schoolhouse in District #1
Paid Fred Brooks $5.50 for shingling Schoolhouse in District #1
February 9, 1917
Paid to Vermont School Seats Co. for school furnishings