Timeline of Events & Fun Facts

 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.