The Dorchester Town Office, which was a one-room schoolhouse known as the Cheever School until 1955, has been added to the New Hampshire Register of Historic Places. (Courtesy N.H. Division of Historical Resources)

DORCHESTER — The State Historical Resources Council has added the Dorchester Town Office to the New Hampshire Register of Historic Places.

The Dorchester Town Office was one of seven properties added to the state register this month and the only one in the Upper Valley, according to a Monday news release from New Hampshire’s Division of Historical Resources.

The office, located at 1021 Route 118, occupies what is known as the Cheever School.

The Cheever School was built around 1874 and used to be one of nine schoolhouses in Dorchester. It was the last to close when, in 1955, students began attending school in neighboring Canaan.

Students, and their teacher, stand outside the Cheever School in Dorchester around 1903. The one-room schoolhouse, which now serves as the Dorchester Town Office, has been added to the New Hampshire Register of Historic Places. (Courtesy N.H. Division of Historical Resources)

“The one-story clapboarded building is divided into two rooms and many original features remain intact, including horizontal board ceilings and walls,” according to the release. There is also a small library in the school’s former cloak room.

Properties on the register can qualify for state historic preservation grants, including the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) and Conservation License Plate funds (Moose Plate), according to the Division of Historical Resources.

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