I am looking for others to share their memories of Fuller School and more....I have more but want to hear from others, I know you are out there, in the few days since this blog has been up there have been over 100 visitors!!
MEMOIRS OF SCHOOL STREET VILLAGE
Monday, September 24, 2012
FULLER SCHOOL on School St. was built in 1875 or 1876 when the school committee decided that the area needed another school because of the influx of immigrants. It was named after Wilbur Eddy Fuller, a Harvard educated principal in Taunton who later became a judge. Judge Fuller's daughter married Dr. Henry Dauphin who built the historic Dauphin estate in School St. Here is a photo of that estate in 1909 (from my files: I believe source: Bristol County Historical Society). That famous fence we all loved to run our hands along, or kick leaves into or, in some cases, to write upon....... I remember that cows pastured in the meadow behind that fence.
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One of the things I remember about the school was how clean and well kept it was. They oiled the wooden floors frequently. Also since I was the second of my family to go there I remember them telling me how good my sister had been when she was in my grade. A curse or a blessing still do not know. Had to make my own mark there and I think I did. Also we lived a few houses away from school and if I was naughty my parents knew it before I got home.
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