The Bostick Schoolhouse

Visit a restored 159 year old restored one-room school house near Ellerbe, North Carolina to learn how students were taught in the 19th century.

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• Reading, writing and 'rithmetic in the one-room schoolhouse This lesson focuses on the universal experience of attending school, using original photographs to give students a vivid impression of how American children received an education a hundred years ago.

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The Richmond County Historical Society has restored an old one-room schoolhouse north of Ellerbe on Clayton Carriker Road. Over the years, the structure had been used as as a peach packhouse, tobacco barn and tools shed. The restoration process included leveling and stabilizing the foundation and replacing boards with those from the old Gaston Green House which was torn down. Other wood came from the old Hamlet Ice House. The Bostick Schoolhouse is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

To tour the schoolhouse, contact Mrs. Lillian Sherrill at (910)652-5821.

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