Last week I showed you the Historic Red Mill at the Red Mill Museum Village in Clinton, New Jersey. There is indeed a little village at the Red Mill site, and this week I present to you the little schoolhouse!
This schoolhouse was not original to this site. According to the Red Mill Museum website:
In 1974, the circa 1860 Bunker Hill Schoolhouse was moved to the Museum grounds from a site near Sky Manor Airport in Franklin Township. Former Curator Claire Young remembers that moving the school house took several days even though it was only five miles away. She followed behind the building picking up pieces of the siding that fell in the road, to replace later. Some of those boards had the school children’s initials carved in them from long ago.
I will have more photos of the village next week!
If you want to read more about The Red Mill, including the history of the mill, more photos, and visiting hours, read this page.
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Wow, what character! Those objects must have listened to some terrific tales over the years.
ReplyDeleteThey sure have a lot of character. Thanks for visiting!
DeleteGreat history lesson and brought back a lot of memories far me.
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DeleteConnection with past .... very interesting post.
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Thank you!
DeleteIt's a beauty.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
DeleteWow! that is really beautiful.. :)
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Thank you! I think so too.
DeleteI love that schoolhouse! How neat.
ReplyDeleteI love old schoolhouses, too.
DeleteWhat a great historic one-room schoolhouse!
ReplyDeleteThese one-room schoolhouses are wonderful.
DeleteIt's great to see historic buildings preserved. I see the "little house" behind it was moved, too. I'm old enough to remember when my grandmother had an outhouse.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that they preserve some historic buildings. I know they can't save each one, but some must be preserved.
DeleteNot sure if my first comment went though.
ReplyDeleteWas just saying how lovely this is and such a great piece of history. I always thought it would be great to go to a one room schoolhouse (loved Little House on the Prairie) . And it is such a lovely, picturesque shot.
Thank you so much! I think it is adorable!
DeleteSo cute. I've been to Clinton! We stayed at a friend of a friend's house one new year's eve. Random.
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Clinton is a very cute town.
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