Helen Hunt School Roofing Slate Magnet
Utilitarian Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.2023.6Description
A roofing slate with a reproduced image of a painting of Helen Hunt School glued to the front and a round magnet glued to the back. The back has a label on it which reads, "Century old roof slate. Design by Maine artist Collette King." Larger prints of the same painting reveal that King signed and dated it in 2006.Helen Hunt School housed Old Town's fourth and fifth graders from 1903-2004. The building, still located on South Brunswick Street, reopened in 2008 as Helen Hunt Health Center, operated by PCHC.