Norris School
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz
N 35° 23.565 W 119° 01.301
11S E 316391 N 3918475
This One-Room Schoolhouse has been relocated to the grounds of the Pioneer Village at the Kern County Museum in Bakersfield.
Waymark Code: WMJDXZ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Big B Bob
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The interpretive sign at the schoolhouse reads:

Norris School

One-room school houses dotted the rural Western landscape to serve sparse populations before the automobile made transportation to towns faster and easier.

This one-room school was built in 1882 north of the town of Rosedale on land donated by local farmer Robert T. Norris.

Cora Petty was the first teacher employed to educate students ranging from the first to eighth grade.

A new, larger school was built for students residing in the growing Norris district, and in 1914 this building was moved to the Rosedale Ranch and used for storing grain.

The Kern County Land Company donated this school house to the museum in 1958.

Original or Re-creation?: Original

Year the school first opened.: 01/01/1882

Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no

Address:
Kern County Museum ~ Pioneer Village
3801 Chester Avenue
Bakersfield, Calikfornia
93301

Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: no

Year the school closed.: Not listed

Web Address (if available): Not listed
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