OHU50K NOTES $54,900 Off Market

Built in 1902, this one-room schoolhouse for sale could be hooked up to water, sewer and gas to convert into a charming small home.

• 7,405sqft lot
• Circa 1902

2106 N 5th St, Stroudsburg, PA 18360  $54,900

• Contact Realtor: Keith S. Torregrossa | RE/MAX of the Poconos 570-421-2345
• Google Map
• Spot Crime

History

Long before a public school system was formed, churches provided the three “Rs”  of education to students, and schooling among frontier children in the early 1800s was minimal at best. Families lived far apart and children were needed to help with farm work, making it difficult to gather students for more than a couple of months during the year.

When one-room schoolhouses were finally built around Stroudsburg,  instruction was often taught in both English and German by teachers with little or no formal training.

I couldn’t find much history about this specific schoolhouse, except that is was built in 1902. The large, brick Clearview Elementary school a few doors down appears to have been built in the 1930s, so perhaps our tiny school was the original Clearview School.