Aetna Mills (Bemis) SchoolWaltham Street Watertown, Mass.
Year Built: 1873 Year Demolished: ca. 1930This was originally the Aetna Mills School and built in 1873. It became the Bemis School in 1886. It was demolished in ca. 1930.
References• Sanborn Map, Town of Watertown, 1928, Sheet 86 (Bemis School present).
• Town Reports, Town of Watertown, 1873, Auditor’s Report, p. 26 (Sturgis & Brigham, $153.75).
• Watertown Directories, 1884 and 1889 (Name of school changed from Aetna Mills to Bemis).
• Beers Atlas of Middlesex County, Watertown, 1875 (Aetna Mills School, Bridge and Waltham Streets).
• Town Reports, Town of Watertown, 1886, Superintendent’s Report, p. 26 (Aetna Mills School renamed "Bemis School" in honor of a well-known family of the vicinity. See footnote also).
• Watertown Directory, 1930, p. 401 (Bemis School listed).
• Watertown Directory, 1931 (Bemis School not listed).
• Sanborn Map, Town of Watertown, 1923, Sheet 32 (Bemis School present).
Images 1898 O.H. Bailey "Bird"
 1923 Sanborn Map
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