Some of the Country (One-room) schools located on university
campuses in
the United States - Updated as of June 11, 2009
Baylor University- Gov. Bill & Vara Daniel Historic Village Schoolhouse
Built: Unknown (rebuilt in 1987-1991 from building components dated circa 1890-1910)
http://www3.baylor.edu/historic_village/schoolhouse.htm
Florida Institute of Technology- Melbournes’ s Little Red
Schoolhouse
Built: 1883
http://auxservices.fit.edu/events/jungle.html
Lindenwood University- Lippstadt Schoolhouse
Built: Unknown (in use as early as mid 1800’s)
http://www.lindenwood.edu/boone/
Morehead State- Cora Wilson Stewart Moonlight Schoolhouse
Built: 1972
http://www.moreheadstate.edu/kfac/index.aspx?id=584
Missouri State University – Replica
Built: 1905
http://education.missouristate.edu/OneRoomSchoolhouse.htm
San Jose State University- Santa Ana One-Room School
Built: 1872
http://www.sjsu.edu/education/alumni/oneroom.html
Bowling Green State University- Little Red Schoolhouse
A brick schoolhouse built in 1875 and moved to the campus in 1975
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/uarchives/uatour/page49999.html
Slipper Rock University - Hickory Corners Schoolhouse
Built c. 1860
http://www.sru.edu/Pages/3569.asp
Plymouth Country Schoolhouse, Fort Hays State University, Kansas
c. 1874-1936
http://www.haysusa.net/Attractions/Schools_Edu/body_schools_edu.html
Dobbs School at Emporia State U. Kansas
University of Northern Iowa- Marshall Center School
c. 1893
http://www.uni.edu/museum/mcs/index.html
Northern Illinois University- Milan Township School
c.1900-1942 (District #83)
Shippensburg University- Mount Jackson School
Brick c.1865-1954
http://webspace.ship.edu/coleduc/cntr_inst/little_red_schoolhse/index.htm
Central Michigan University- Bohannon School
c.1901-1970
http://www.museum.cmich.edu/newoneroom.htm
Marshall University
c.1889-moved to campus in1994
http://www.marshall.edu/it/virtual-tour/google-earth-3d-tour/architectural/OneRoomSchoolMuseum.html
John A. Logan College- The Purdy School
c.1860-1951
www.jal.cc.il.us/museum/purdyschoolpage.html
Eastern Michigan University- Geddes Town Hall School
c.1825-1957
www.emich.edu/coe/school/
Northwestern Oklahoma State University- McKeever School
c.1893-1948
http://okielegacy.org/woods/mckeeverschl.html
Eastern Washington University
c.1905-1929
http://www.ewu.edu/x7988.xml
University of Southern Mississippi- Roberts Schoolhouse
http://www.usm.edu/facts/campusicons.php
http://www.usm.edu/centennial/drawl.pdf (Page 28)
Freyberger School (circa 1890) at Kutztown University -
Kutztown, PA
c.1870
http://www.kutztown.edu/community/pgchc/place.html
Possum Trot School at Berry College in Rome, GA
c.1900-1954
http://www.berry.edu/vtour/html/mountain/possum.html
Little Red Schoolhouse at Peru State College - Peru, Nebraska
http://www.peru.edu/about/campusmap/
Eastern Kentucky University- Granny Richardson Springs
School
c.1900-1964
If you know of additional schools not on this list please email me at the
address below.
Thank you,
Email Mark Dewalt at dewaltm@winthrop.edu