The Fagalele Boys School, in Leone, American Samoa, is a historic building that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is a church school built by the London Missionary Society, perhaps as early as 1850–1856, but before 1900. It was the first secondary school in what is now American Samoa, and it perhaps is the oldest surviving building on Tutuila Island.
It is a U-shaped building fitting within an rectangle, apparently built of reinforced concrete or of rocks with a cement-plaster exterior. and
The LMS Fagatele Boys School was built in 1855, the same year that the Samoan version of the Old Testament was printed for the first time.Aitaoto, Fuimaono Fini (2024). Science-Christianity and Church Activities in the Samoan Islands - Early 21st Century: An Update. LifeRich Publishing. ISBN 9781489750228.Aitaoto, Fini (2012). Tala Fa'asolopito O Le Ekalesia Fa'apotopotoga a Le Atua i Samoa (Assemblies of God, AOG) i Amerika Samoa. WestBow Press. Page 74. ISBN 9781449746445. Originally, it consisted of schoolrooms and living quarters for the pastor. It was here that students were trained for entry to the LMS Seminary in Western Samoa. It is possibly the oldest building in American Samoa.Eustis, Hamilton Nelson Eustis (1979). Samoa Sketchbook. Hobby Investments. Page 62. ISBN 9780959560916. It is the oldest European-style building on Tutuila Island.Stanley, David (2000). South Pacific Handbook. Avalon Travel Publishing. Page 445. ISBN 9781566911726.
See also National Register of Historic Places listings in American Samoa
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