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    East Ridge School House, Cathance Township, Maine

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    East Ridge School House, East Ridge Road, Cathance Township (formerly Plantation 14), Maine. Ingrid Jamieson of Edmunds was the last teacher at this school that closed in the early 1960's.

    A schoolhouse was located on this stretch of the East Ridge Road for students from Plantation 14, now Cathance Township, living on or near the East Ridge Road. When the Edmunds Consolidated school opened in 1952, the East Ridge School was closed and the elementary students began attending the new Edmunds school.

    East Ridge School House, Cathance Township, Maine
    East Ridge School House, Cathance Township, Maine; Spring sunshine illumines what was once a grammar school on the East Ridge Road. East Ridge School House, Cathance Township, Maine; A green blackboard still hangs on the wall as reminder of lessons learned and instruction given. East Ridge School House, Cathance Township, Maine; Empty shelves once held books and other teaching tools. East Ridge School House, Cathance Township, Maine; Entry hall and vestibule where coats and boots would have stayed during lessons. East Ridge Road, Plantation 14, Colby Atlas of 1881; Detail showing the East Ridge Schoolhouse marked S.H. on the East Ridge Road in Plantation 14, now Cathance Township, from the Colby Atlas of Washington County, Maine, published in 1881.