The one-room, one-teacher school is the most well known and loved school structure in the United States. Reports of these schools go back to 1745 before we were a nation. It seems as if every town in the country had one or more. Many of our nation’s leaders began their education … [Read more...] about Boquet Octagonal School
Octagonal Schoolhouse
Fundraiser to Save Boquet Schoolhouse
The Octagonal stone schoolhouse was built in 1826 by Benjamin Gilbert to serve the community that was developing around Rouse's Mills on the Boquet River. The small, one room school, contains many original features. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in … [Read more...] about Fundraiser to Save Boquet Schoolhouse