Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1658
Located at 2 McLellan Street, Dorchester, the William Endicott School was designed by James E. McLaughlin and built in 1906.
Postcard. Caption on front: New W.E. Endicott School, Blue Hill Ave., Dorchester, Mass. Postmarked May 20, 1909. Everett, Mass. With one cent stamp. On verso: Made in Germany. Reichner Bros, Boston, Munchen, Leipzig.
William Endicott (1842-1903) served for 40 years in the Boston Schools. He was Master of the Christopher Gibson School. Born in Canton, Mass., he served in the Civil War, then he started teaching in the Christopher Gibson School in Dorchester in 1866.
Source: What’s In a Name? Names of Boston’s Schools: Their Origin. Boston: School Volunteers for Boston and the Boston Public Schools, 1980.
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