District No. 5 Schoolhouse
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The Old Schoolhouse was once one of 15 one-room schools serving Underhill. The first school building for Underhill Center was built on this site in 1820 and was replaced in 1836 by another school, which was destroyed after it served as a “pest house” during an epidemic. The current building was erected as a one-room school in 1861 and the second story was added in 1915.
Although the building never had plumbing, Underhill children were educated here for 90 years. A damaging fire in 1951 prompted the construction of a new school, and the Old Schoolhouse became a garage for the school bus. The Underhill Historical Society’s efforts preserved the building, and in 2018 it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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