Oldest Wooden School House

Oldest Wooden School House

Built in 1716 for the Genoply family. The the original structure was a one-room, single-story building with a detached kitchen. Kitchens were commonly detached in those times to keep the house cool during the hot summer months and to prevent a fire that started in the kitchen from spreading to the house. A privacy wall was also kept away from the house, and so was the well. The house’s exterior was made out of bald cypress and red cedar logs bound together by wood pins and iron spikes, all made by hand.

Picture of an old wooden structure that says The oldest wooden schoolhouse in the USA

Mags Mullican

The Old Wooden School House

St Johns Historical Commission

08/06/2021

Mags Mullican

Schoolhouse building