The Hornbine One-Room Schoolhouse

4 Locust Avenue,Rehoboth MA 02769

26 August, 2021

Description

Join one-room schoolhouse historian Dave Downs as he talks about the history of the Hornbine School in the birthplace of public education. Dave Downs shares the history of the Hornbine School, a historic one-room schoolhouse at 144 Hornbine Road in Rehoboth. Built in 1862 and operated until 1937, it is the best-preserved rural schoolhouse in the birthplace of public education. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and now serves as a local history museum. Downs will give a history of the school building, its neighborhood, and the development of education in Rehoboth.