So, Im back to hunting down all the remaining Schoolhouses on the Island. On Saturday night, I compiled my initial list and came up with 71 potential schools that I believe still stand in Nassau & Suffolk. I will be posting them as I find them here. I will begin shortly after I download some recent finds. If you got em, post em.
"Well being as there's no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon."
Here goes. The first 15. Some you've seen, some maybe not.
1) The Miller Place Academy. Miller Place. Circa 1834. Was originally used as a college prep school now home of the Miller Place Historic Society.
2) The Bald Hills Schoolhouse. Farmingville. Circa 1850. A one room schoolhouse used up until 1929. Now part of the Suffolk County parks system.
3) The Cutchogue School. Cutchogue. Circa 1840. Before restoration and being moved to the Village Green in 1961, this old school was used to house migrant workers.
4) & 5) The Mattituck Schoolhouses. Mattituck. On right, School #1 Circa 1760. On Left, School #3 Circa 1887. School #1 is currently in disrepair and being used as storage. School #3 is currently being used to store potatoes.
6) The Middle Island School. Middle Island. Circa 1929. This old school is currently being used as the administrative building for the Longwood school district.
7) The East Middle Island Schoolhouse. Middle Island. Circa 1831. Restored and moved from its original location, this old school now sits in Bartlett Pond Park.
8 ) The Yaphank School. Yaphank. Circa 1926. This old school sits on the site of the original, octagon shaped schoolhouse. In the 1930's the KKK held their rallies behind this school. Now used for storage.
9) The Centereach School. Centereach. Circa 1860. This old school is currently being used as an office building.
10) The East Setauket Schoolhouse. Setauket. Circa 1868. Fully restored and maintained, the school is currently being used for office space.
11) The Setauket One Room Schoolhouse. Setauket. Circa 1718. Fully restored and moved from its original location on the village green, this old schoolhouse is now a private residence.
12) The Upper Stony Brook School. Stony Brook. Circa 1801. Currently a private residence.
13) The Manorville Two Room Schoolhouse. Manorville. Circa 1929. Fully restored with one room still set up as a working school, this schoolhouse is now the home to the Manorville Historic Society.
14) The Ridge Schoolhouse. Ridge. Circa 1872. Fully restored and moved from its old location, this old schoolhouse is now a museum on the grounds of the Longwood Estate.
15) The Swan River School. East Patchogue, Circa 1858. This fully restored school is now used as a museum as well as a polling place.
"Well being as there's no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon."
16) The Centereach Cottage Schools. Centereach. Circa 1955. During the building of the Unity Drive School by the Middle County School District the children were taught in cottages that were across the street from the planned school. Eight cottages were leased and each one taught a different grade level. The one on the furthest right was for Kindergarten and as you moved to the left the grade levels went up and stopped at 7th grade. The children had a front row seat to watch as their new school was built.
The house at the extreme right was for the kindergarten.
The one on the left end was the final cottage used for 7th grade.
These cottages were only used for a couple of years. In 1956, the Unity Drive School was opened.
These cottages are now homes that have seen many renovations making them all different but they all have one thing in common. They were for a short time, Schoolhouses.
"Well being as there's no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon."
DAMN, THAT'S SOME EXTRAORDINARY SCHOOL HISTORY RIGHT THERE!
"YOU CAN'T STAY YOUNG FOREVER, BUT YOU CAN BE IMMATURE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!"
Crappy day yesterday, But we got alot accomplished and did not have to go far...It was good to find that cemetery with no stones or markers along with all the schools...
great find. I plan to take some more Pictures of churches this weekend.
17) The Selden School. Circa 1935. This old school is now a part of the Middle Country Public Library.
18) The Lake Grove School. Circa 1936. This School is now used as a dormitory for troubled youths.
Oh, and my list of old schools is now up to 85. Ive got alot of places to hit!
"Well being as there's no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon."
I was always told the deli (that was just torn down) at 5 Corners was an original school house..Guess not..
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
I know that there was an old school that was burned down by some high school students not far from five corners about 40 or 50 years ago (near the newer little league ball fields west of Sachem North).....Also I think there is a Small building that is now used as a shed, just east of 5 corners that was part of a school or something (Curly probably can tell you more)....Originally Posted by 12Bridge
The deli was not a schoolhouse but was on the site of one. The original building was cut in half. One half was moved down the road and eventually burned while the other was moved across the street and used as a shed/garage. Its still there and on my list. Will get photos of it soon.
"Well being as there's no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon."
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