Duette School - Duette, Florida, USA - Former Schools on Waymarking.com

Located off of State Road 62 in the rural community of Duette, Florida is the former Duette School. Although the building is still known as the Duette School it no longer serves as a public school. Now listed as a National Register of Historic Places as of July 30, 2018 as the "Last One Room School in Florida". The Duette School served the community for 86 years.

This school was built in 1930 by volunteer labor when three smaller rural schools, Albritton, Bunker Hill and Duette were consolidated. A historic marker in front of the school states it was the only one-teacher school remaining in the state of Florida at that time.

For many years it was a "strawberry school" with classes held from April to December. January through March was when the strawberry harvest took place. The school once went to eight grades and had as many as 80 pupils. Ada Bilbrey served as teacher and principal for over 30 years. In more recent times Duette School served area students from Kindergarten through 4th grade. It served as a school up until 2016 and now is used as a museum by the Duette Community Association.

Address: 40755 State Road 62 Duette, FL USA 34219 Web Site: [Web Link]

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