Teacherage Explained

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. Teacherages are used to provide accommodation for teachers in remote native communities in Canada^{[1] [2]} since teachers are often not long-term residents of the community and therefore do not have their own housing.

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Level of Service Standards and Management of Teacherages on Reserve. 2024-08-29. Indigenous Services Canada.
2. Web site: Teacherages. 2024-08-29. British Columbia School District 84.