Woodville School (Wakefield, Massachusetts)

Woodville School
Woodville School
Address
	30 Farm Street; Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 01880; United States
Information
Type	Public
School district	Wakefield School District
Principal	Brian Middleton-Cox
Website	http://woodville1.wakefield.k12.ma.us/Pages/index
	Woodville School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	c. 1985 photo
Coordinates	42°29′52″N 71°3′4″W / 42.49778°N 71.05111°W
Built	1919
Architectural style	Neo-Colonial;Dutch
MPS	Wakefield MRA
NRHP reference No.	89000694
Added to NRHP	July 06, 1989

The Woodville School is a public elementary school at 30 Farm Road in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The present building was built in 2003, replacing an older building^[2] that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

History

The Woodville School area was initially part of Wakefield's eastern district, and was served by a district school known as the Little World School. In 1857 the School Committee renamed that school the Woodville School. The area remained largely rural until the turn of the 20th century, when suburban development resulted in a significant increase in the student population. A large Dutch Colonial Revival brick building was built in 1919–20 to address this increased demand. It served as an elementary school until 1950, after which it was converted for use as a junior high school serving grades 7 and 8.^[3] That school, listed on the National Register in 1989,^[1] was torn down to make way for the present Woodville School building.