Nathan Clifford School

Nathan Clifford School was an elementary school located in Portland, Maine. The building opened in 1907 and was designed by John Calvin Stevens. Upon opening in 1907, the school taught 200 students.[1] The Portland School Committee voted to close the building in 2007.

The school is named after American statesman, diplomat and jurist Nathan Clifford who is best known for being the 20th United States Attorney General and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

The building is located on Falmouth Street in Portland's Oakdale neighborhood.

In August 2013, the building was sold for $1 to a developer, who planned to build 22 market rate residential units in the structure.[2]

On January 27, 2014, the former schoolhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Proclomation". Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Billings, Randy (October 22, 2013). "Portland to sell Nathan Clifford Elementary School for $1". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Nathan Clifford School, Portland". Maine Historic Preservation Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2014.