•  Early District Fun Facts 

      • District established in 1894 
      • 1903 - 1904 the "Gray Building" was built. (Serving grades K-12)
      • The first graduating class from Roxbury was in 1907 
      • Roughly 100 students were enrolled at the Gray Building 
      • Co-ed sports and arts were part of the curriculum from the start 
      • The Gray Building had no indoor bathrooms and the first students had to use outhouses. 
      • A bell was rung at the top of the Gray Building to tell students to go to class. ( \the bell is now in the front of the building).
      • 1915 the Lincoln Building was planned due to overpopulation. The Gray Building still held classes after the construction of the Lincoln Building 
      • The Roosevelt Building was constructed and served as the district high school starting in the mid-1930s. 

       

      To learn more, go to the Roxbury Township Historical Society site.