Can you spot a one-room schoolhouse as you’re driving by? I bet after this week of one-room schoolhouses here on PiP, you can! It’s a fun game. This ca. 1895 school in Panton, Vermont sits next to the town garage and serves as town storage. It appears as though it was the former home of the town offices, and the town bulletin board is still in use on the rear addition. Take a look. These one-room schoolhouses were called “District Schools” because each town was divided into districts and each district had its own school. This was before the days of school consolidation.
Quite the sunny morning, and the iphone couldn’t avoid it. But, look at the bank of 6 windows on this school.
Note the town bulletin board on the wing. Current fliers are posted there.
Unlike most schoolhouses, this one has windows on both sides. Perhaps they were added when the building was no longer a schoolhouse.
Bank of 6 windows.
View into the schoolhouse shows storage and original features (see the doors and beadboard).
Peering into the back windows: town highway department storage. Also, note the wall on the left. The addition was added after the original construction date.
The Town Highway Department. Photo taken standing in front of the schoolhouse.
Of course, I feel badly for this schoolhouse. While it’s sort of in use, there is so much more potential to it. Poor thing. It’s a common case for these schoolhouses, even though one room schoolhouses would be fairly easy to rehabilitate to modern uses. What do you think?
Preservation in Pink 