OHIO ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSES - BROWN COUNTY, OHIO *: August 2024

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

BROWN COUNTY, OHIO - ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSES (11)

Over the past 15 years I have researched, to my personal limit, in numerous various sources, such as libraries, courthouses, historical societies, and such, to locate as many as possible, of the remaining old one room schoolhouses left in Brown County, Ohio. I have also driven hundreds of miles around almost ever road in the county to search for visible remains. This has taken hundred of man hours to obtain this information, and I have definitely tried to assure all information is accurate as possible.

TO MAKE SURE IT TRULY WAS A ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE AT ONE TIME IN THE PAST, BEFORE ANY OF THE SCHOOLS WERE PLACED ON THIS SITE, I VERIFIED THE ACCURACY OF THE LOCATION THROUGH A DUPLICATE VERIFICATION PROCESS. ALSO, EVERY HOUSE THAT IS POSTED ON THIS SITE IS COMPRISED OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL,WHICH IS ALSO PERSONALLY VERIFIED. ALTHOUGH SOME HAVE HAD SIDING ADDED, OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS, THEY HAVE KEPT THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH OF IT. EVERYTHING THAT IS POSTED IS TRULY WHAT CONSISTS OF ALMOST ALL OF THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL HOUSE.

I am always open to viewers who can add information to this photoblog. This is a critical historic venue which can help educators and historical societies to preserve the one room schoolhouse era in not only our county, but in our state as well. Feel free to contact me with any information at wynpatriot953@aol.com. All photos were photographed by myself and are documented in my computer archive folders.

SCHOOL #12/BROWN COUNTY - PERRY TWSP./LYNCHBURG, OHIO

SCHOOL #14/BROWN COUNTY - PERRY TWSP./FAYETTEVILLE, OHIO

SCHOOL #6/BROWN COUNTY - PIKE TWSP./BETHEL, OHIO

SHILOH SCHOOL #2/BROWN COUNTY - PIKE TWSP./BETHEL, OHIO

SCHOOL#5/BROWN COUNTY - PIKE TWSP./MT. ORAB, OHIO

SCHOOL # 5/BROWN COUNTY - CLARK TWSP./HAMERSVILLE, OHIO

SCHOOL #2/BROWN COUNTY - STERLING TWSP./WILLIAMSBURG, OHIO

SCHOOL #4/BROWN COUNTY - CLARK TWSP./HAMERSVILLE, OHIO

BUCKEYE SCHOOL #11/BROWN COUNTY - LEWIS TWSP./HIGGINSPORT, OHIO *

EAGLE CHAPEL SCHOOL #4/BROWN COUNTY - BYRD TWSP./RIPLEY, OHIO

SCHOOL #7/BROWN COUNTY - PLEASANT TWSP./GEORGETOWN, OHIO

* (Unlikely to have survived)

( Date at the bottom left hand corner is when schoolhouse was photographed)

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MCCAFFERTY BRIDGE/BROWN COUNTY, FAYETTTEVILLE, OHIO

EAST FORK LITTLE MIAMI RIVER

BROWN COUNTY

BUILT - 1877

(This covered bridge was right off of US RT-50, and was centered within 3 miles of at least 5 schools.)

Length - 170'....SW of Fayetteville, Perry Township. US50 SW 4.2 miles from jct with US68 in Fayetteville, E. on McCafferty Rd. (CR105) 250' to the bridge. Built by the Smith Bridge Company. Rehabilitated in 1963. Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Howe Through Truss
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 35-08-08

GPS: 39.151500, -83.994709

COVERED BRIDGES - BROWN COUNTY, OHIO

THESE BRIDGES WERE CONSTRUCTED AND UTILIZED DURING THE ERA OF THE ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSES. THEY WERE POSITIONED CLOSE TO NUMEROUS OF THESE SCHOOLS, SO IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT SOME OF THE STUDENTS WOULD DAILY CROSS THESE BRIDGES.

BROWN BRIDGE/BROWN COUNTY, OHIO

WHITE OAK CREEK

BROWN COUNTY

BUILT - 1878

Length - 129'....NE of New Hope, Scott/Pike Township. New Hope Whit e Oak Sta Rd. (CR58) E. (turns NE) 2.7 miles from jct with US68 in New Hope to the bridge. Built by the Smith Bridge Company. The bridge was built at a cost of $2376. Restored in 1960, Renovated in 2003. Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Closed to motor traffic in 1999. Truss Type - Covered Smith Through Truss
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 35-08-04

GPS: 38.990124, -83.889526

(April 29, 2011)

SCHOOL #7/BROWN COUNTY, OHIO

PLEASANT TOWNSHIP #7

HILLMAN RIDGE RD..5 MILE SOUTH OF NUMBER 7 SCHOOL HOUSE RD.

GEORGETOWN, OHIO

GPS: 38.849959, -83.865671

(April 30, 2011)

NEW HOPE (BETHEL) ROAD COVERED BRIDGE - NEW HOPE, OHIO

WHITE OAK CREEK

BROWN COUNTY

BUILT - 1878

Length - 172'.....SW of New Hope, Scott Township. US68 S. 0.2 miles from jct with Main St. in New Hope, E. on Bethel New Hope Rd. (CR5A) 0.1 miles to the bridge on the N. side of the road. Built by Josiah Bryant. Longest single span covered bridge in Ohio. Rehabilitated in 1902, 1932, and 1977. Closed to motor traffic. Truss Type - Covered Howe with Arch Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 35-08-05

GPS: 38.959504, -83.915642

(August 6, 2020)

GEORGE MILLER BRIDGE/BROWN COUNTY, OHIO

WEST FORK EAGLE CREEK

BROWN COUNTY

BUILT - 1879

Length - 154' ....SE of Russellville, Byrd Township. US62 S. 1.2 miles from jct with OH125 in Russellville, E. on George Miller Rd. (CR77C) 2.3 miles to the bridge. Built by John Griffith of the Smith Bridge Company. The bridge was renovated in the 1990s by local Amish and Mennonite crews from the Amos Schwartz Construction of Geneva, Indiana. Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Open to through traffic. Truss Type - Covered Smith Through Truss.
World Guide to Covered Bridge Number - 35-08-34

GPS: 38.837008, - 83.750861