The Tilton-Northfield School District was formed by an act of the General Court in 1927, making it the first cooperative school district in the state of New Hampshire. The school, at that time, accommodated only those children in grades 1-8. Students in grades 9-12 went to the Tilton School, a private school in town. In 1939, a Junior-Senior High School for the Tilton and Northfield Union School District was built.
The school's original construction was done by the Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA was a government agency created in 1933 as a part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, and was involved in the construction of many public works projects, including schools, bridges, dams, and housing developments. In 1939 the PWA became a division of the Federal Works Agency.
| 1939 Resource Page - This page contains information on wage rates, furniture costs, etc. |
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