Postcard
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From the Postcard Collection
Hand tinted postcard of the Cameron School in Westford’s Forge Village. The picture is from around 1920. The Cameron was also known as the Forge Village School, according to the Westford Gazetteer. There were two proceeding schools. The first was built before 1830, and stood on today’s Town Farm Rd, at the corner of Pine St and Forge Village Rd. The second was an 1830 brick building that stood on 35 Pleasant St, and functioned as District Schoolhouse No. 3 from 1851 to 1871, before its conversion into a private residence. The Cameron School was built nearby in 1871 as the new Schoolhouse No. 3. It was expanded in 1908, and named for an executive at the Abbot Worsted Company, Allan Cameron (1822-1900). The school was closed in 1992, being the last of the historic ten district schools. Two years later, the building was taken over by the town’s Council on Aging to become the Cameron Senior Center.
Postcard
3.5″ x 5.5″
W.2010.7