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PROPERTY INFORMATION

Historic Name

Hornby School

Address

10000 Station Road

Municipality

Greenfield Township

Tax Parcel

26008021002202

Historic District

 

Classification

Class 1 (Definitions of Classes)

State Key Number

94120

Historic Function

Education - school

Style

Other

Built

1875

Architect

 

Builder

 

Barn Type on property

 

Last Entry Update

7/24/2016


HISTORY

The Hornby School, previously named the Shadduck School, is a one roomed schoolhouse on PA Route 430. It replaced the original Shadduck School that was built west of Station Road in 1850, as well as another Shadduck School that was built east of Station Road in 1865. The Free School Act of 1834 prompted the construction of ten school houses in Greenfield Township, and in 1873 the Greenfield School Board authorized the construction of two new schools. Two years later, the new Shadduck School was completed by local builder Fred Hart. The school was renamed the Hornby School in 1900 after the Hornby Post Office, located just north-east of the building. That same year, a belfry was added to the school. By the 1940s, the Hornby School was one of the few one-room schools in Greenfield Township still in operation.

In 1956, the opening of Greenfield Township Elementary School prompted the closure of the remaining one-room schools. These structures and their contents were promptly auctioned off. The Hornby School remained vacant until 1973, when the property was donated to the newly formed Hornby School Restoration Society. In August 1984 the Hornby School Museum opened to the public. The museum boasts all-original chalkboards, desks, and other teaching implements from either the Hornby School or other contemporaneous schools in the area. The Hornby School is considered the least altered one-room school in Greenfield Township as well as Erie County.

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DESCRIPTION


LINKS AND ATTACHMENTS

Hornby School National Register nomination


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