The Hodgkins School was a former elementary school in East Brookfield, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

. At the time of its closing in 2002, it was the oldest continuously operating public school building in the state.

History

The school was named after David Hodgkins, a former United States army surgeon who later served on the school committee of the town. At the time, it cost $6297.53 to construct. The school served the community as the sole school in town until the mid 1950s when the nearby Memorial School was erected on the site. The school continued to be used as a middle school, then an elementary school from the mid 1950s to 2002, when both the Memorial School and the Hodgkins School were closed and the students and staff were moved into the brand new East Brookfield Elementary School.