Maxham School was built and dedicated in 1954. It was named after Lowell M. Maxham who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery during the Civil War.

He enlisted in the Army on June 15, 1861 at the age of nineteen. Corporal Maxham was a member of Company F of the 7th Massachusetts regiment. He was wounded May 3, 1863 at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The citation read: "Though severely wounded and in the face of deadly fire from the emery at short range, he rushed bravely forward and was among the first to enter the enemies works at the crest of Maryes Heights and helped to plant his regimental colors there.”

Maxham was buried in Mayflower Hill Cemetery, Taunton Massachusetts, on February 14, 1931.  Maxham School is very fortunate to house a document honoring Lowell M. Maxham and a drawing that he made to illustrate the war.

On September 27, 1984, a group of Maxham students helped war veterans to dedicate a headstone in honor of this Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Our students placed flowers on the grave and recited the Gettysburg Address.