South Center School - Canton, CT - One-Room Schoolhouses on Waymarking.com

The Greek Revival style South Center School was built in 1848. It is one of nine one room schoolhouses built by Canton. The one story schoolhouse has clapboard sides, flushboard front and a gable roof. The building is 20 wide and 40' deep. Fluted Doric columns flank the recessed two door entrance leading to two doors. Pilasters are located at the corners of the building. Rising from the apex of the gable roof is a square belfry tower with louvered windows. The building was enlarged in 1880 and used as school until 1942.

The northeast side of the building has five rectangular double hung windows. The southwest side has four rectangular double hung windows on the upper level and four square windows at the basement level and a basement entrance at the first bay and steps leading up to an auxiliary entrance at the sixth bay.

The South Canton School is has been used as a community center and branch library. It owned by the First Congregational Church of Canton Center which is located across the street at 184 Cherry Brook Road.

The South Center School is listed on the National Register of Historic places as a contributing building of the Canton Center Historic District. (visit link)

Original or Re-creation?: Original Year the school first opened.: 01/01/1848 Year the school closed.: 01/01/1942 Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no Address: 185 Cherry Brook Road Canton, CT United States 06020 Web Address (if available): [Web Link] Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: no

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