This 1889 rural schoolhouse was built with sandstone quarried east of town.
Unlike most log rural schoolhouses of the time, the Rock Run School was constructed as a frame building.
The school is one of the only rural one-room schoolhouses remaining in Schuyler County.
It was built in 1850 and is a small, one story, vernacular rural schoolhouse with Greek Revival style detailing.
One feature that sets this structure apart from most rural schoolhouses of the day is the building's design.
Like churches," he writes, the rural schoolhouses "are self-conscious landmarks.
During his tenure, the state's school system began shifting away from one-room rural schoolhouses to larger, more centralized schools.
He received his early education in a one-room rural schoolhouse.
She became a teacher at a small rural schoolhouse.
Largely self-educated, Ewert completed only a primary school education in a one-room rural schoolhouse.