Teacherage [1]
Teacherage
[2]Teacherage was a building, often in a rural setting but on school grounds and resembling a private home, that provided living accommodations for schoolteachers. The term came into general use largely in the first quarter of the twentieth century when public schools [3] began to be opened in rural areas of North Carolina. The teacherage was sometimes managed by a matron or local residents or was operated cooperatively by the residents themselves. The building provided private or shared bedrooms, dining facilities, parlors or reception rooms, and bathrooms. The availability of a comfortable teacherage attracted teachers to schools that otherwise would have had difficulty filling staff vacancies.
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"Yucca House Bear Grass, North Carolina Constructed in 1933 as the Bear Grass Teacherage." Uploaded on November 6, 2010. Photo downloaded from Flickr user Jimmy Emerson. Available from https://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/5163960937/ [2] (accessed April 30, 2012).
1 January 2006 | Powell, William S.