Greenup, IL

This school seems to have more than one room, but Jill liked the architecture so we shot it and keep it in our school collection.  We saw this school on 5/25/05 just west of Greenup, IL on US40.  The stone beside the front entrance said: "Hamilton Dist. No. 3, 1902."

Near Centerville, IN

Back on the National Road tour, we found this one on 5/24/05 about two miles west of Centerville, IN, at the SW corner of US40 and Mineral Springs Road.

East of Cambridge, OH

This was the last school we found on the National Road in Ohio.  It is on an old brick section named Peacock Road, east of Cambridge.  It has been preserved, and semi-restored when we shot the photo.

Hendrysburg, OH

This school also had a stage at the back end, but no one has preserved this building.  The front was so overgrown that I had to crawl between the bushes to shoot the front door.  This school is in Hendrysburg, OH.

Great Western School, St. Clairsville, OH

This school is massive, as well as very impressive.  This is the 1870 Great Western School west of St. Clairsville, OH.  It was used until 1952. It has been restored, and the far end has a stage.  The original road bed was down where the school is, which shows how much building up of the road took place to get it to its current elevation.  I took the photos from the road.

Grace School House

This school is near Searight's Toll House, PA.  It was built in 1846 and used as a school until 1927.  As you can see, it is now a tourist shop.

Penn Alps, MD

In September 2004 we started at Cumberland, MD and followed the National Road for a history lesson.  We prepared for this camping trip by thoroughly studying the National Road (we had toured in the past, but not as in-depth) so that we could drive on every available part of the original route all the way to Vandalia, IL.  Unfortunately, we had a vehicle breakdown in Zanesville, OH, got a jerry-rigged repair to get us to a dealer in Columbus, where our car sat from Thursday afternoon until Monday afternoon as they waited for parts to be sent in from VW of America (we were in a 1993 Eurovan MV).  While waiting for repairs, we stayed in a motel and rented a car to finish the Ohio portion.  Friday we drove back to Zanesville to pick where we left off and then finished the day at Columbus.  Saturday we took the road from Columbus to the Indiana border, and then Sunday we did Columbus.  We had to wait until the next year to finish the tour from the Indiana border to Vandalia.

The first schools we found were these two, which had been moved to Spruce Village at Penn Alps, by the Casselmann River Bridge near Grantsville, MD.  The first school is the 1913 Bear Hill School from near Jennings, MD.  The second school was built ca. 1820-1830.  It is the Compton School from New Germany Road near the Casselmann River area.