Union School, Oxford County, 1899 - 1952
The Union School is in the center of rural Hartford, Oxford County, Maine. The gable front vernacular schoolhouse with minimal Colonial Revival Style details is significant at the local level under Criterion A for its association with patterns of rural education and under Criterion C for its distinctive architectural characteristics of a rural one room schoolhouse. The building represents Hartford's response to evolving educational practices which were often mandated by state law.