Chronology of Chelsea Schools

NAME	YEAR BUILT	LOCATION	USE	STATUS
Home of Rev. Thomas Cheever	Started 1709	Winnisimmit Centre (Revere)	Primary School	NA
Ye Olde Skule Haus	1833	Washington Ave. & Chestnut St. Moved to Central Ave. in 1840	Primary School	Closed in 1860, sold in 1861
Park Avenue School	1837	Park Avenue	Primary School	Closed in 1873
First School in Prattville	1839	Pratville area of Chelsea	Primary School	Closed in 1846
Schoolhouse (Name Unknown)	1843	Maverick St. Cor. of Shurtleff St.	Boys Grammar	NA
Schoolhouse (Name Unknown)	1843	100 Broadway, moved to Mulberry St. in 1853	Primary School	Closed in 1873
First High School	1850	Second and Walnut Streets	High School	Became Cary School in 1873
Central Avenue School	1853	Central Ave. Cor. Shurtleff St.	Girls Grammar	Burned in 1908
Shawmut School	1855	Shamut St. Cor. of Congress Ave.	Grammar School	Burned in 1908
Shurtleff School	1857	Old Marine Hospital on Essex St.	Grammar School	Burned in 1908
Walnut Street School	1860	Walnut St. near Fourth St.	Boys Grammar	Renamed Williams
Williams School	1860	Old Walnut Street School	Grammar School	Burned in 1908
Carter School	1868	Forsyth Street	Grammar School	Torn down in 1917
Cary School	1873	Second and Walnut Sts. - Originally the First High School	Primary School	Torn down in 1942
Second High School	1873	Bellingham Street	High School	Renamed Bellingham
Bellingham School	1873	Bellingham Street	Grammar School	Burned in 1908
Bloomingdale School	late 1800's	Bloomingdale St. near Carmel St.	Primary School	Torn down in 1919
Spencer Avenue School	1881	Spencer Ave. cor. of Stockton St.	Primary School	Renamed in 1937
Mary C. Burke School	The old Spencer Ave. School renamed Mary C. Burke in 1937			Closed in 1996
Broadway School	1883	Library Street	Primary School	Burned in 1908
Highland School	1896	Highland St. corner of Cottage St.	Primary School	Burned in 1908
Prattville School	1897	Washington Ave	Primary School	Closed in 1996
Chelsea Senior High School	1904	Crescent Avenue	High School	Closed in 1996
Frank B. Fay School	1904	Fourth Street and Everett Avenue	Grammar School	Burned in 1908
Shurtleff School	1909	Congress, Hawthorne, Central and Shurtleff Streets	Grammar School	Operational
	Renovated 1997 as Early Learning Center, prekindergarten, kindergarten and first grade
Carter School	1917	Forsyth Street	Grades 1-9	Burned in 1971
New Chelsea High School	1996	Carter St. & Everett Ave.	High School	Operational
Mary C. Burke Complex	1996	Site of Merritt Park	4 Primary Schools
	George Kelly, Frank Sokolowski, William Berkowitz, and the Edgar Hooks Schools
Williams Middle School	1997	Arlington Street	Middle School	Operational
Clark Avenue School	1998	Old Chelsea High School on Crescent Ave. Re-opened	Grades 5 & 6	Operational