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Exploring Columbia County Schoolhouses
Single Room Schoolhouses in Columbia County
(Currently Installed Within the Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse)

               “In May of 1934, my brother and I entered this one-room school
                upon moving from the 'big city', and a large public grade school...
                It was quite different moving from a classroom of 40-50 pupils
                to a school where there were 15-20 in the whole school!”

                                                                                                                                            --  Evelyn Zander (Monthie), student of Oak Ridge School in 1934

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One-room schoolhouses defined American education for over 250 years
One-room schoolhouses defined American education for over 250 years and created a comforting, tight-knit educational experience for children in rural America.

Over 100 school districts dotted Columbia County landscapes throughout the late 1800s, each with its own one-room schoolhouse. The 1920s began a gradual change resulting with today's seven major school districts.

This exhibition brings forth the childhood memories of local individuals that attended Columbia County one-room schoolhouses. It explores the repurposed homes, farm buildings, community buildings, museum sites, and roadside ruins that express this legacy in American culture.


This exhibition is made possible by the generosity of
Brian Ruhl & Ozgur Ozar
 

All Photos  ©2019 CCHS, All Rights Reserved. 
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CCHS serves residents of all eighteen towns and the City of Hudson. In addition to a research library and permanent collection of more than 15,000 objects, CCHS owns and maintains the Columbia County Historical Society Museum & Library and three additional historic properties: the National Historic Landmark Luykas Van Alen House (1737); James Vanderpoel ‘House of History’ (c.1820); and Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse (c.1850).
Columbia County Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) cultural education organization founded in 1916 and chartered by the NYS Department of Education Board of Regents to collect, preserve, interpret and present the history, heritage and culture of Columbia County, New York, for its residents and visitors. 
The Columbia County  Historical Society
is ​a private 501 (c )(3) nonprofit organization
Chartered by the  Board of Regents
State Education Department, The University of the State of New York

Copyright © 2022,  Columbia County Historical Society
PO Box 311, Five Albany Avenue,  Kinderhook, New York  12106
​ 518 758 9265   |  ops @ cchsny.org
The Columbia County Historical Society is supported in part by the County of Columbia, New York
with the support of Matt Murell, Chairman of the Board at the Columbia County Board of Supervisors.
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Museum Association of New York
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