This building is on a plot of ground that gave School Street its name. One might call it a duke’s castle after the man identified by “Crosscurrents of Change” as the most extraordinary educator of the 20th century. Name the building and name the educator.

The Concord Historical Society is planning to publish “Crosscurrents of Change” later this year.

Parker School stands on a School Street lot that had held a school building for most of the city's history. A bank and the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office now occupy the property. The educator was Louis (Duke) Rundlett, superintendent of Concord schools from 1885 to 1934, and Parker was used for one of Rundlett's creative education programs. Sophomores, juniors and seniors attended the new high school on Spring Street, now Kimball Elementary School. Freshmen were assigned to the Parker School, located at the site of Concord's old high school. With this plan, Rundlett pioneered the concept of the junior high school, and that's why Concord's middle school bears his name. For the rest of the story, see Crosscurrents of Change, the history of Concord in the 20th century, scheduled for publication later this year.