ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSES

MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION GOES OUT TO THE MANY WHO HAVE HELPED ME WITH THIS ENDEAVOR. THE DOZENS OF INDIVIDUALS, LIBRARIANS, HISTORIANS, SCHOOL/HOME OCCUPANTS, MAIL PERSONS, NEIGHBORS, AND OTHERS WHO HAVE MADE THIS MORE OF A JOY THAN A CHORE. AND, GIVING ME SO MUCH VALUABLE INPUT WHICH HAS HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY. WITH BIGGEST HATS OFF TO LARRY HELTON AND JEREMY STEVENSON.

I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT ALL OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING COPYRIGHTED. I AM WILLING TO GIVE THE RIGHTS TO NON-PROFIT HISTORICAL PROJECTS, LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES. HOWEVER, IF MY PHOTOS ARE USED AS A PROFIT SOURCE, I DO EXPECT COMPENSATION.

PHOTOGRAPHER-WAYNE CHATFIELD (wynpatriot953@aol.com)

EVERY HOUSE THAT IS POSTED IS COMPRISED OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL,WHICH IS PERSONALLY VERIFIED. ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE HAD SIDING ADDED IN SOME CASES, THEY HAVE KEPT THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH OF IT. EVERYTHING THAT IS POSTED IS TRULY WHAT CONSISTS OF ALMOST ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL HOUSE. THERE ARE AN OCCASSIONAL 2 ROOM SCHOOLHOUSES POSTED BECAUSE OF THE UNKNOWN ORIGINAL STATUS.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS BLOG IS ONLY CAPABLE OF HAVING SO MANY SCHOOLS POSTED ON THE FIRST PAGE. THERE ARE NOW OVER 800 SCHOOLS ON THIS BLOG. TO SEE ALL SCHOOLS, YOU MUST SCROLL DOWN AT THE BOTTOM AND CLICK ON OLDER POSTS. AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE THEY WILL BE ALL ORGANIZED BY COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP, BUT AT THE PRESENT TIME, ON THIS PARTICULAR BLOG THERE IS NOT ANY ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTIES OR TOWNSHIPS, THE SCHOOLS ARE JUST IN THE ORDER THAT I HAVE COME ACROSS THEM. SO, TO SEE ALL THE SCHOOLHOUSES FOR A COUNTY YOU WILL HAVE TO SEARCH THROUGHOUT THE BLOG. 

COVERED BRIDGES AND OTHER STRUCTURES FROM THE ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE ERA HAVE BEEN ADDED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THESE WOULD BE A PART OF THE LIFE OF THE STUDENTS WHO WENT TO THESE SCHOOLS.

AND, MOST IMPORTANT..., IF ANY READER KNOWS ABOUT OTHER SCHOOLHOUSES, PLEASE CONTACT ME AND LET ME KNOW ABOUT THEM.

AND........ TO ENLARGE PICTURES FOR BETTER VIEW, JUST CLICK ON THEM.