The One Room Neighborhood Schools Map List
A listing of No 1 West Road No 2 North District No 3 Dorset Hollow lower road No 8 Dorset Hill No 9 Steam Mill or Wheelerville with note of no school today possibly East Dorset past Erdman’s motel No 11 Upper Hollow with legend of a former school near Wieneke camp No 12 North Dorset describes one room school origins and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North District
Dorset Hollow
Lower Road
Wheelerville
East Dorset
Erdman
Upper Hollow
Wieneke Camp
North Dorset
Dorset School Consolidation Traces One-Room Roots
A Vermont town history notes Dorset moves from 14 district schools to a single eight room elementary on Morse Hill by 1960. It recalls nine remaining one room schools seen today, their locations, and fortunes from 1785 to 1949, including West Road District No 1 built 1834 and sold 1949 after nine students moved in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
West Road
Morse Hill
East Dorset
Dorset Village
Vermont
Andrew E. Nuquist
UVM
General Assembly
Judah Kent
Cephas Kent
Gilbert Brook
Guy Stone
Farnum Caney
North Dorset
Jerry C. Flynn
Ernest Edgerton Sr
Morse Hill Road
Dan Wade
Helmer and Cole
Woodstock
Consolidating Slowly And Growing Bigger
East Dorset Village No 6 recounts the 1874 two room school moved for 300 dollars to form the current town office after consolidation of East Dorset schools. 32 by 52 foot building cost 5017 dollars and 3 cents. operation ended 1960. South Dorset No 4, Vermont 30, built 1910 replacing a burned 1909 building, housed two classrooms and a meeting room, closed 1948 and students joined Dorset Village School. now owned by John Wilmott and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset Village
McBride-Harwood Post, American Legion
Ernest Edgerton Sr
East Dorset Village
East Road
Ira Cochran
William D. Fritts
East Dorset
Dorset NO. 4
Vermont 30
Frank Norton
Dorset Village School
John Wilmott
William Barrows Jr
Hollow Road
North District
South Dorset
South Village
No. 14
Paul Leary
Manchester
Leland Beebe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dorset Hill
Forse P
Sovran
P.O
Danby Mt. Road
Lettie Baldwin
Bennington County
District 13
Green Peak Orchard
John McDevitt
J. R. McCooey
East Dorset Village School
Norman Felder
Brooklyn
N.Y
Green Park Orchard
Thomas Cox
Albany
Text By
Marcen Skinner
Photos By
John Hawkes
Lower Hollow
Harlan Coolidge
Emily Allyn
Upper
Brooks
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