| The one-room Parker School was located on Charles River Street, and served a small population of children who lived in the Charles River Village district. The building was built in 1876, and named in honor of Revolutionary War patriot Jonathan Parker, who was killed at the retreat from Arlington on April 19, 1775. The school was torn down in 1941. The bell in the tower was used in the old Heights fire station, and now sits on the front lawn of the Needham Historical Society on Central Avenue. |