Arnold Mills Schoolhouse - Cumberland RI - One-Room Schoolhouses on Waymarking.com

Arnold Mills Schoolhouse: A mid-nineteenth century one-story, end-gable, frame structure, which originally had two doors at the street end. One has been removed.

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SCHOOLHOUSE
ARNOLD MILLS 6
Literacy in New England was almost universal at the time of the American Revolution. But by 1900, more than half of the school-age children in nearby mill towns were illiterate or barely literate, especially in mill communities where child labor was widespread.
While the New England tradition of public education was threatened in some milltowns, Arnold Mills was known for educating its children.
Current residents remember attending classes in this one-room schoolhouse (c. 1850s), heated by a pot-bellied stove. In spring, the sound of ringing anvils from the nearby blacksmith shop drifted through the open windows of the schoolhouse. That the church, schoolhouse, and blacksmith shop were all within shouting distance attests to the small scale of Arnold Mills. To preserve the school, local residents relocated it across the Nate Whipple Highway in 1964.

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Original or Re-creation?: Original Year the school first opened.: 01/01/1828 Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no Address: 50 Arnold Mills Rd Cumberland, RI Year the school closed.: Not listed Web Address (if available): Not listed Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: Not Listed

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