Directory of One-Room Schools Resources

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Single-storey buildings originally designed to function as a single classroom.

Resources in This Category

• Andrews Schoolhouse

  http://shelbyhistory.tripod.com/id30.html
  History of this 1881 Michigan one-room school which was moved to Shelby Township in 1975.

• Ballard School

  http://www.eaglelink.com/ballard/
  Brief history and photograph of this 1882 California schoolhouse.

• Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigflower_Manor_and_Schoolhouse
  Wikipedia gives pictures, description, history and archaeology of this manor house in British Columbia, with the school built to provide education for the children of farm employees.

• Early Schools of Fulton County

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~keller/school/schol/
  Photographs and histories of several schools in this Ohio county.

• Friendship School

  http://campbellsvilleky.com/historical.html#The_Friendship_Schoolhouse
  Brief history of this circa 1918 Kentucky schoolhouse which now serves as a museum.

• Halfway Prairie School

  https://parks-lwrd.countyofdane.com/HistoricalCulturalSite/HalfwayPrairieSchoolhouse
  Preservation organization related to the 1855 Wisconsin schoolhouse, listed as the oldest rural elementary school in Dane County.

• Iron Hill School: An African-American One-Room School

  http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/58iron/58iron.htm
  National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places lesson plan which uses this 1923 Delaware school to teach themes of segregation, education, and the evolution of civil rights.

• Kansas One Room Schoolhouse Project

  http://www.kansasheritage.org/orsh/
  Contains histories and a picture gallery of numerous schools, organized by county.

• Lagunita Schoolhouse

  http://www.mchsmuseum.com/lagunita.html
  Photograph and brief history of this 1897 California schoolhouse which was moved to the Boronda History Center in 1986 and now serves as a museum.

• Little Red Schoolhouse

  http://www.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/HistoricPreservation/HPRedSchoolhouse.html
  History and picture of this 1835 Ohio one-room school which has been relocated and now serves as a museum.

• Little Red Schoolhouse

  http://www.norwalkhistoricalsociety.org/NHSSchoolhouseProgram.html
  Pictures of this 1826 Connecticut schoolhouse located at Mill Hill Historic Park and Museum.

• Michigan One-Room Schoolhouse Association

  http://www.one-roomschool.org/
  Group which coordinates a survey of one-room schools in the state and holds an annual conference. Contact information, merchandise, and a bi-annual newsletter.

• Mission Ridge One Room School

  http://pages.suddenlink.net/wvsfm/school.html
  Photographs and history of this circa 1870 West Virginia school which has been moved to the West Virginia State Farm Museum complex.

• Mount Zion One Room Schoolhouse

  http://www.octhebeach.com/museum/Zion.html
  Photograph and hours of operation for this 1869 Maryland schoolhouse which now serves as a museum.

• Nathan Hale Schoolhouse

  http://www.connecticutsar.org/sites/2009/07/nathan-hale-schoolhouse-in-east-haddam.html
  History of this 1750 one-room school from the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

• National Register Nomination for the Central District School

  http://www.uvm.edu/~histpres/HPJ/NR/royalton/Royalton.html
  Building description, statement of significance, and picture index related to this 1844 Vermont schoolhouse.

• Old Stone School

  http://www.oldstoneschool.com/
  History of this 1832 Massachusetts one-room schoolhouse.

• Onchiota Schoolhouse

  http://www.townoffranklin.com/onchiotaschool.html
  Photographs and history of this New York schoolhouse constructed circa 1923.

• One Room Schoolhouse

  http://www.electronicvalley.com/tour/oneroomschoolhousehtm.htm
  Picture and brief profile of this 1779 Connecticut schoolhouse.

• Pioneer Sholes School

  http://www.pioneersholesschool.org/
  History and picture gallery of this circa 1872 Illinois school which has been relocated and renovated and now serves as a museum.

• Restoration of Croft Schoolhouse

  http://www.cmhpf.org/properties/Croft/Croftintro.htm
  Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission restoration of a two-story, four-room North Carolina schoolhouse originally constructed in 1890.

• Roll One Room School House

  http://www.rogermills.org/Museums/Museums_OneRoom.htm
  Photographs and brief history of this 1903 Oklahoma schoolhouse which was donated to the Historic Roger Mills Preservation Foundation to serve as a museum.

• Saxe Community Center

  http://www.nhsmumc.org/community-center
  Detailed history of this 1913 Virginia schoolhouse.

• Schoolhouse Museum

  http://www.ridgewoodhistoricalsociety.org/
  Photographs and brief history of this New Jersey one room school which is now used as a museum for the Ridgewood Historical Society.

• Shelby Area One Room Schools

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohscogs/Schools/LocalSchoolList.html
  Photographs and information regarding several historic schools compiled by the Shelby chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society.

• Strawberry Schoolhouse

  http://www.pinestrawhs.org/schoolhouse.html
  Pictures and detailed history of this 1884 Arizona schoolhouse which is the oldest standing schoolhouse in Arizona.

• Strong School

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mivhs/vicksburghistoricstrong.htm
  Photographs, history, and restoration of this circa 1900 schoolhouse which is now part of the Vicksburg, Michigan Historic Village.

• Sutter Creek Grammar School

  http://www.malakoff.com/suttergs.htm
  Photograph and brief history of this two story brick California school constructed in 1870.

• The Archaeology of Schools

  http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~abeisaw1/Main.html
  This site is intended to serve as a forum for the exchange of information on the archaeological potential of one-room schoolhouse sites. Its contents include a bibliography on the archaeology of one-room schools and related educational sites as well as on-line versions of professional conference papers when available.

• The Little Red Schoolhouse

  http://nchistory.org/our-buildings/the-little-red-schoolhouse-1868/
  Built in 1868, this was Connecticut’s last operating one-room schoolhouse when it closed in 1957. New Canaan, CT.

• The Schoolhouse Museum

  http://www.theschoolhousemuseum.org/
  African-American one-room schoolhouse, Isle of Wight County Virginia.

• Todd Grade School

  http://toddgradeschool.blogspot.com/
  One room school located in the Goochtown community of Pulaski county, Kentucky.

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