The Alna School is located in central Alna, a rural community in
Lincoln County, Maine. It is set on the west side of Alna Road (
Maine State Route 218), north of its junction with Golden Ridge Road and south of the historic
Alna Meetinghouse. The school is a single story wood-frame structure, with a low-pitch hipped roof topped by an open octagonal cupola with bell. Its exterior is finished in wooden clapboards, and it rests on a brick foundation. There are two windows on each side, with the main entrance set near one corner. A small single story addition, of 20th-century origin, has been added. The school was built in 1795, by either Moses Carlton or Samuel Averill, each of whom was contracted by the newly incorporated town to build a school; it is not known which of the two built this school. The cupola was added in the early 19th century. The building served the town as a school well into the 20th century. It is the second-oldest school in Maine; only the
Old Schoolhouse in
York is older (1755). ==See also==