History of the School

The Dublin School first opened its doors in September 1935 with eight students and six faculty. Its quarters were an old but commodious shingle house, located near Mount Monadnock, with a panoramic view of the hills of southwestern New Hampshire. Here Paul and Nancy Lehmann found a site where the specific qualifications that Paul sought for his school became a reality.

The initial qualifications–were these:

1. The location should not only be in New England, but preferably in southern New Hampshire.

2. The site must be on the east side of hilly land at a considerable elevation.

3. There should be a vast and extensive view.

4. There should be at least one substantial building.

5. There should be ample inexpensive, undeveloped, forested land and/or fields available for ultimate purchase and expansion.

6. The location should be near but not in the center of a non–industrial town or village.

7. A pond or lake should be available within the area as well as mountain ranges

8. There should be no previous history of a school in the area, especially not the site selected.

Impossible? Well, they didn’t expect to find all of the criteria available to them; one item or another would probably have to be abandoned. But not so. Every item in the requirement was fully realized! This then, is Dublin.

Taken from Dublin School 1935–1970 by Paul W. Lehmann, and the Alumni and Faculty of the School.