A teacherage is a house for one or more schoolteachers, like a

parsonage A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion, serving as both a home and a base for the occupant's ministry. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, pa ...

is a house for a

parson A parson is an ordained Christian person responsible for a small area, typically a parish. The term was formerly often used for some Anglican clergy and, more rarely, for ordained ministers in some other churches. It is no longer a formal term d ...

or minister of a Protestant church. Teacherages are used to provide accommodation for teachers in remote native communities in Canada 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 The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

(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 An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or abusi ...

is closed down and sold to become a teacherage at the end of the novel, '' The BFG''.

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