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Pine Grove School House |
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On October 7, 1865, a man with a team was paid $1.50 for scraping and leveling the site for The Pine Grove School. Constructed at a cost of $1,538.34, the school opened in December. Miss Francis, its first teacher, received $96.00 for a four month winter term. English, grammar, mathematics, geography, history, music, and art were the subjects studied. The pupils walked to school carrying books, slates, and tin dinner pails. They took turns building a fire in a bench-type stove. Girls sat on the left and boys on the right. Eight grades were taught here. For
62 years the school was known as School Number 7. In 1927 the town
officially named it The Pine Grove School. By then it served as a place
for prayer meetings and singing schools. It closed as a school in 1949,
but remained open as
In April 1975, the Avon Historical Society began its restoration of The Pine Grove Schoolhouse. Today it is set up as an early 20th century schoolhouse complete with bolted desks (c. 1865), hand slates (c.1900), textbooks (c. 1925), and a working stove. ________________________ Along Route 167 at the Corner of Harris & West West Avon Road Free Admission, Open from 2 to 4pm Every Sunday, June through October, or by Appointment Avon Historical Society - 860-678-7621 |
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a
branch library, a nursery school, and a meeting place for Explorer
Scouts.