Teacherage
A teacherage is a house for one or more schoolteachers, like a parsonage is a house for a parson or minister of a Protestant church.
Notable examples include:
- Markham School and Teacherage, Oilton, Oklahoma, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
- San Juan Teacherage, in Grant County, New Mexico, NRHP-listed
- Fuquay Springs Teacherage, Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, NRHP-listed
- Fountain Inn Principal's House and Teacherage, Fountain Inn, South Carolina, NRHP-listed
- Great Branch Teacherage, Orangeburg, South Carolina, NRHP-listed
- Garland Community School Teacherage, Dekalb, Texas, NRHP-listed
In popular culture
The orphanage is closed down and sold to become a teacherage at the end of the novel, The BFG.
References
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