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Eureka Schoolhouse

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The school is believed to have been built in 1785, and is the oldest known schoolhouse in the state. It underwent a series of alterations over the 19th century, and was closed in 1900. It stood vacant and abandoned for many years, and was carefully disassembled by preservationists and stored in
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to the north, in the dispersed rural setting of Goulds Mill, southeast of the Springfield's main village center. It is a small single-story structure, built out of hand-hewn timbers and covered by a wooden shingle roof. Its walls are finished in rough-cut wooden boards, scored to resemble cut
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stone. A brick chimney rises from the rear right corner. The front facade, facing south toward the road, is three bays wide, with the entrance in the left bay, and large sash windows in the other two.
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1958. In 1968, it was reassembled to its original configuration (as best it could be determined from extant records) at the present site, which also includes the relocated
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The Eureka Schoolhouse stands between Vermont Route 11 (to the south) and the
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Windsor County, Vermont
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National Register of Historic Places in Windsor County, Vermont
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is a historic school building at 470 Charlestown Road (
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Eureka Schoolhouse is located in Vermont
Eureka Schoolhouse is located in the United States
Goulds Mill
Springfield
Vermont
43°16′12″N 72°26′52″W / 43.27012°N 72.44786°W / 43.27012; -72.44786
71000074
Vermont Route 11
Goulds Mill
Springfield, Vermont
National Register of Historic Places
Black River
Baltimore Covered Bridge
National Register of Historic Places listings in Windsor County, Vermont
List of Vermont State Historic Sites


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service



"NRHP nomination for Eureka Schoolhouse"
National Park Service
photos from 1969

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