From Dave Brigham:
Built in 1894 for less than $2,000, the Cataumet Schoolhouse sits in a bucolic landscape in Bourne, on Cape Cod. I have vacationed nearby for nearly 20 years, and driven by here many times, but it was only this year that I finally pulled up the dirt driveway, past the tennis court and checked out the old one-room affair.
(The school dates to 1894, but the trough out front is from 1893.)
(Rope leading up to the flagpole.)
At various times, the school housed students in grades 1-8, 1-6 and 1-4. The facility shut in 1930. I'm not sure what, if anything, the building was used for after that. The property was evidently in disrepair for quite some time before a group formed in the 1990s to restore the school to its original glory. The group, the Cataumet Schoolhouse Preservation Group, runs educational programs for elementary schoolers as well as community events.
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