At one time there were 14 district schools in the town of Porter, 18 in the Town of Parsonsfield and 1 in South Hiram (three of which were located in the village of Kezar Falls). Gradually the outlying one-room school buildings were closed, and students were bussed to the village schools. When consolidated district schools were established in the 1980s and the elementary, middle and high school buildings were built in South Hiram, all the other schools were eventually closed. Today, there are no active schools in Porter or Parsonsfield. Most of the old school buildings that still exist have been repurposed in various ways.
On Saturday June 25th Becky Carpenter will present a program about the early schools of Porter and Kezar Falls at 2:30pm following a meeting at 2:00pm at History House, 92 Main Street, Kezar Falls Village. Masks are optional.
NOTICE – NEW THIS SEASON
The History House Reseach Room will be open
on Mondays from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
on the following dates:
6/27, 7/11, 7/25, 8/8, & 8/22.
You are welcome to come see what we have to help you in your research of genealogy or local history.
Park in the rear and come in the back entrance.
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