Saving a 1880 One-Room Schoolhouse
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Every county has icons into its history. We need your help saving one of ours!
It's the little 1880 schoolhouse that once served the community of Trevilian Station. If you live locally, you may remember it spent the last several years in the town of Mineral. Now it will be coming to the historical museum in Louisa to be restored.
But before we can get started, we need money for a new foundation to set the schoolhouse on at the Heritage Village (behind the Louisa County Historical Society's museum in the town of Louisa.) We are asking you to help us raise $4,500 to build that foundation and get the school here. If 450 of you would donate just $10, we would be at the goal!! And if just 45 people donate $100...well, you can do the math. Will you help us save this special jewel? Our target date for the move is the first week of May!
Want to know a little bit more?
Well, the 14x16 one-room schoolhouse from Trevilians was filled with the sounds of children for many years. Retired from service in 1922, it later served as precinct poling place. The building was moved to the Town of Mineral many years ago by local leader Albert "Sambo" Johnson (We understand a few of his aunts taught at the school and he wanted to save it by bringing it to his home for safe keeping). After his death, the schoolhouse was moved to Mineral's Walton Park and has remained there, still resting on the old auto axles used to roll it down Main Street to its current location. No restoration work has been done on the building in the last few years.
The Town of Mineral gifted the school to the Louisa County Historical Society this winter. Soon after that decision was announced, citizens began asking if the little schoolhouse might be able to find a permanent home where it could be open for visitors and used for public programming year round.
The answer is "Yes!" The Louisa County Historical Society will be moving the schoolhouse to its new location at the Heritage Farm located behind the museum in the Town of Louisa. If you can help us get it here, we will restore it and once again open it for the public to experience a real-live one room schoolhouse!
We are dreaming of having the foundation ready for the building before the Heritage Day celebration (Sat, April 29). We hope to move the building in May and restore it this summer.
We would be so very grateful for every dollar you can give. So will be the countless visitors who will experience this charming building when its brought back to life.
It's the little 1880 schoolhouse that once served the community of Trevilian Station. If you live locally, you may remember it spent the last several years in the town of Mineral. Now it will be coming to the historical museum in Louisa to be restored.
But before we can get started, we need money for a new foundation to set the schoolhouse on at the Heritage Village (behind the Louisa County Historical Society's museum in the town of Louisa.) We are asking you to help us raise $4,500 to build that foundation and get the school here. If 450 of you would donate just $10, we would be at the goal!! And if just 45 people donate $100...well, you can do the math. Will you help us save this special jewel? Our target date for the move is the first week of May!
Want to know a little bit more?
Well, the 14x16 one-room schoolhouse from Trevilians was filled with the sounds of children for many years. Retired from service in 1922, it later served as precinct poling place. The building was moved to the Town of Mineral many years ago by local leader Albert "Sambo" Johnson (We understand a few of his aunts taught at the school and he wanted to save it by bringing it to his home for safe keeping). After his death, the schoolhouse was moved to Mineral's Walton Park and has remained there, still resting on the old auto axles used to roll it down Main Street to its current location. No restoration work has been done on the building in the last few years.
The Town of Mineral gifted the school to the Louisa County Historical Society this winter. Soon after that decision was announced, citizens began asking if the little schoolhouse might be able to find a permanent home where it could be open for visitors and used for public programming year round.
The answer is "Yes!" The Louisa County Historical Society will be moving the schoolhouse to its new location at the Heritage Farm located behind the museum in the Town of Louisa. If you can help us get it here, we will restore it and once again open it for the public to experience a real-live one room schoolhouse!
We are dreaming of having the foundation ready for the building before the Heritage Day celebration (Sat, April 29). We hope to move the building in May and restore it this summer.
We would be so very grateful for every dollar you can give. So will be the countless visitors who will experience this charming building when its brought back to life.
Organizer
Louisa County Historical Society
Organizer
Louisa, VA