Bryd School - Pendleton, Oregon
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The Byrd School House is an 1879 schoolhouse that has been moved to the Umatilla County Historical Museum in Pendleton. It now serves as a permanent display in Museum Park.
Waymark Code: WM8WFK
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 05/21/2010
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Byrd School House
Located on the east end of the museum, the Byrd School House was built in 1879, seven miles south of Pilot Rock on land donated by Maria Byrd. In the very early days, Byrd School was a tuition school usually operating for three months, or as long as a family could afford the expense.
Students rode horses to school or walked. When there was deep snow, their fathers often hitched up the horses to a wagon with sleigh runners and took the children to school.
In 1940, it was felt that busing the students to Pilot Rock was more economical than keeping the school open. For many years the building was used to store grain.
The building was moved onto the museum grounds by volunteers in 1990. Today, it has been restored to look much like it would have been 100 years ago. As you visit the school, visualize how eight grades were taught in a one-room schoolhouse!
The above text is from the Umatilla County Historical Society web site.
A plaque located on the school's exterior wall reads:
Bryd School
In 1879 Maria Byrd, a widow, donated the land for Umatilla County School district #21. The school was located 6.1 miles south of Pilot Rock, near the junction of West Birch Creek and the Yellow Jacket Road. Maria and her husband Daniel Byrd, emigrated by ox-team to the Oregon country in 1852.