Cooley School House - Granby CT - One-Room Schoolhouses on Waymarking.com

The Cooley School is the only remaining one-room schoolhouse in Granby which has not been renovated into a home or shop. It was built c.1870, on the corner of East Street and Cooley Road in North Granby. At that location, the school and woodshed were in Granby, while the outhouse was in Southwick, Massachusetts.

After 1948, when the one-room schools in Granby were closed, the original furniture was auctioned off. The blackboard, however, remained intact, with some of the last teacher's writing still on it.

In 1972, the school was given to the Salmon Brook Historical Society by Merrill Clark, whose mother had taught at the school. In 1980, the Society moved the school to its present location at 208 Salmon Brook Street.

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Original or Re-creation?: Original Year the school first opened.: 01/01/1870 Year the school closed.: 01/01/1948 Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no Address: 208 Salmon Brook Street Granby, CT Web Address (if available): [Web Link] Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: Not Listed

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