Wolfeboro Historical Society Digital Archive Museum Tours Schoolhouse Tour

Early teaching was localized in districts throughout the town, as transportion prevented centralization. In 1790, four districts were established. With population growth, the districts expanded to 18 in the late 1800's. Teaching began in private homes, then small buildings were erected. This One-Room Schoolhouse was in District 3, on Pleasant Valley Road. Built about 1805, the students included all grades, with ages from 4 to 18 all taught at the same time. In service as a school until the early 1900's, this particular building was also used for religious services and community functions into the 1940's. To preserve the building, it was relocated, moved to the Clark Museum Complex in 1959, repaired and maintained as an example of the one-room schoolhouses prevalent throughout the early days of America.

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