Schoolhouse at the Red Mill Museum | Clinton, New Jersey
Schoolhouse At The Red Mill Museum Village in Clinton
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 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.
There is a sign in the schoolhouse called “Rules for Teachers 1862”
If you want to read more about The Red Mill, including the history of the mill, more photos, and visiting hours, click here.
You may also read my post about The Historic Red Mill.
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20 Comments
Kristin Aquariann
Wow, what character! Those objects must have listened to some terrific tales over the years.
LV
Great history lesson and brought back a lot of memories far me.
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They sure have a lot of character. Thanks for visiting!
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Thank you so much!
Light and Voices
Connection with past …. very interesting post.
JM Illinois
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Jim
It's a beauty.
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Thank you!
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Thank you so much!
rebecca
Wow! that is really beautiful.. 🙂
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Lauren Wayne
I love that schoolhouse! How neat.
Beth F
What a great historic one-room schoolhouse!
Babs
It'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.
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Thank you! I think so too.
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I love old schoolhouses, too.
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These one-room schoolhouses are wonderful.
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I'm so glad that they preserve some historic buildings. I know they can't save each one, but some must be preserved.
kewkew
Not sure if my first comment went though.
Was 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.
Deanna
So 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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Thank you so much! I think it is adorable!
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Clinton is a very cute town.