Hampstead School

Name/Title

Hampstead School

Entry/Object ID

1979.1198.005

Description

Print, photographic. Hampstead School. 2 story, brick structure. Students standing various places in front. Glimpse of house - lower left side of photo. Written on front of photo: "The Hampstead School Building." Photographers seal on front of photo - "Krause, Westminster, MD." 8" x 10".

Acquisition

Accession

1979.1198

Source or Donor

Unger,

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note

Original deed of gift says " #5 Hampstead School Bldg."

Note

Hampstead School was completed and opened in 1919 serving all grades 1-12. It was expanded in 1939. It continued to server the community until it was outgrown in the 1950s. It graduated its last senior class in 1956. The next fall, North Carroll Senior High School opened. Hampstead School continued serving grades 1 through 8 until 1961, when the North Carroll High School was enlarged to accommodate grades 5 through 8. Hampstead School then operated as an elementary school for kindergarten through 4th grade. Open-plan classroom additions were added to the rear of the school in 1968 and 1972. When a new elementary school opened nearby in 1986, the Hampstead School closed. While the 1919 main block and 1939 addition remained vacant, the 1968 and 1972 additions were remodeled to accommodate a family resource center during the 1990s. The building still stands. https://www.historic-structures.com/md/hampstead/hampstead-school/