Peru Sites

The 1933 town report notes $1,712.05 spent by the town on an unspecified CWA road project. The 1934 town report lists a small contribution by the town toward unspecified CWA and FERA road and bridge projects. The 1935 town report mentions a loan of $11,000 from the PWA for a building fund. The warrant section says "Art. 20. To see what action the Town will vote to take as to the use of its P. W. A. School House Building Loan." The 1936 report lists a "WPA State Aid Bridge" $1,066 by Maine, $544 by the town, and $614 by a joint fund...

West Peru Grammar School was built in December 1936 with the help of a $11,000 PWA loan. The school contained all eight grades plus the kindergarten, for which there were three teachers and a teacher/principal. Once the West Peru Grammar School was open other area schools began to close and send their students to West Peru. From 1938 to 1942 all seven of the other town schools closed. Over the next few decades the school was enlarged several times to meet the needs of the growing student population. In 2004, Peru merged with Dixfield, Canton and Carthage, in School Area District...