1865 PINE GROVE SCHOOLHOUSE
3 Harris Road (Route 167)

Built at a cost of $1,538.34, Schoolhouse No. 7 opened December 1865. Henry Barnard, Connecticut’s first Commissioner of Education, called it the “finest school in the state.” Later named Pine Grove Schoolhouse by its students, it served as a school for 84 years until it closed in 1949. Later it became a branch library, nursery school and meeting place for Explorer Scouts. The Avon Historical Society, under lease from the Town, restored it in 1975 as a Bicentennial project. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is set up as a school of 1900. Open Sundays from 1-4 pm May, June, September, and October.

CENTER SCHOOL, c. 1831
119 Center Hill Rd, Rte 181

The 1821 schoolhouse of Barkhamsted‘s Center school district was two stories tall when it was built. Due to population decline and the building being in need of repair, it was converted to a one-story building by removing the first floor in 1880. It ceased being used as a school in the 1930s. In 1980, the schoolhouse was moved to Center Hill Road from its original location, near what is now the Barkhamsted Reservoir, by the Barkhamsted Historical Society.

This building is used mainly as a living museum, open the last Sunday of each month during summer May through September.

CENTER SCHOOLHOUSE
781 George Washington Turnpike

In 1779, the Congregational Church laid out school districts for Burlington. Each of the nine districts had its own schoolhouse—most of them just one room. The red Center Schoolhouse was probably built between 1779 and 1800 and was used until 1948. The schoolhouse served all of the children in 1st-8th grade living in the 1st district. The district stretched about a mile out from the schoolhouse. Students would walk to school each day. Open for CT Open House Day, Burlington Tavern Day, and by appointment.

EAST HILL SCHOOLHOUSE
216 East Hill Rd

This one room schoolhouse was built in 1832.  It took eight to ten cords of wood to keep it heated.  Because of the remoteness of the area, the schoolhouse became the locus of local social activities.  The East Hill Community Club had suppers and dances here and in 1923 they piped in water and installed a furnace.  In recent years the school has been the home of Collinsville Boy Scout Troop 77.

The building is owned by the East Hill Community Club.

SUFFRAGE DISTRICT SCHOOL
Now Gallery on the Green
5 Canton Green Rd

Constructed as a school in 1872, the Suffrage District School was the fourth school building in the area and served in that capacity until 1949. Afterward, it was owned by the Canton Volunteer Fire Company. In 1960, the Gallery on the Green opened its doors.  It’s operated by the Canton Artists’ Guild, Connecticut’s oldest running such organization.

SOUTH CENTER SCHOOL
185 Cherry Brook Rd

Built in 1848 on land provided by Simeon Mills, the South Center District Schoolhouse was located next to the Church Conference House. The 800 sq. foot building was one of nine one-room schoolhouses in Canton at the time. It served the community as a school until 1942. In the years following, the building was used as a meeting place for women from the church, a community library, a branch of the Canton Public Library, and as a place for the church’s high school youth to gather.

It is currently owned by the First Congregational Church, Canton Center.

NORTH CANTON SCHOOLHOUSE
3 Case Street

Built in 1872 in a fork of the road in front of the North Canton Methodist Church, the schoolhouse was moved to its present site in 1927.  The school was used until 1942. It is currently owned by the North Canton Methodist Church and is open by appointment (call 860-819-0300 or email kmtriou@yahoo.com).

SOUTH SCHOOL
32 Spoonville Road

The South School was built in 1820 and is now the Friend to Friend Thrift Shop.

The Thrift Shop is open on Tuesday/Saturday 10-2 and Thursday 12-4.

Proceeds benefit the Friend to Friend Food Pantry.

Leave a message at 860-413-9015 or stop by and say hello.

THE OLD STONE SCHOOLHOUSE
93 Coppermind Rd, Farmington

Part of the Farmington Historical Society, the Old Stone Schoolhouse served as a schoolhouse from 1790 to 1872. From 1875 to 1956, it was used as a chapel and community center.

THE COOLEY SCHOOL
Salmon Brook Historical Society campus

Built in c. 1870, the Cooley School is the only remaining one-room schoolhouse in Granby which has not been renovated into a home or shop. After 1948, when the one-room schools in Granby were closed, the original furniture was auctioned off. The blackboard, however, remained intact, with some of the last teacher's writing still on it. In 1972, the school was given to the Salmon Brook Historical Society by Merrill Clark, whose mother had taught at the school.

In 1980, the Society moved the school to its present location at 208 Salmon Brook Street.  A 19th-century schoolroom has been recreated, with books and desks once used in Granby District Schools.

SCOTLAND DISTRICT SCHOOL
Simsbury Historical Society campus

This school was originally located on Tariffville Road in what is now Bloomfield, near the present Old Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church. At the time, this was an area of Simsbury known as Scotland; the school served Scotland North District pupils in Simsbury until 1843 when the area was annexed to the Town of Bloomfield.

The building was modified in 1826 and served as a school house until 1933 when it was converted into a single-family home. It was acquired by the Simsbury Historical Society and moved to its present location in 1970.