In 1897, the one room brick Schoolhouse at the corner of Dutch Road and Lake Road was built. The Schoolhouse, due to the natural slope of the land was built with a basement. Indoor recess was held in the basement during winter as well the older boys were known to “smoke corn silks” down there – boys have always been boys.
Inside, you’ll find the original chalkboards, the original floors, the original wanes coating, downstairs the original treads on one set of stairs, the original cobblestone walls and rafters in the ceiling. Imagine the old pot belly stove being heated one hour before the children arrived to try and warm the building in the winter.
Even though the school was closed in 1952, the school district kept the it until the 1970’s. Private owners since. Antique store, floral shops, floral designers and landscape designers and more recent prior to current owners a dog obedience trainer rented the Schoolhouse. Then it sat vacant and basically abandoned from 2003 – 2013 when it was purchased by Eric and Gail Root with the intentions of restoring the beautiful building and it’s quintessential charm. The Roots are proud to tell you it is now for the first time on The National Register of Historic Places.