The Red Schoolhouse – A Bygone Time Remembered!
Red Schoolhouse? You may wonder how a "Red Schoolhouse" might be associated with Bender Tree. I learned shortly after purchasing the land on Rt. 193 and Sheffield Rd. (1987) there was once a one room schoolhouse located on the property. That spiked my interest. Soon I was looking for any information the neighbors could give me. A few of the senior members of the neighborhood knew of it. They shared what they could. I was given a photo of Pat (Nicka) Maki (shown here) with a the schoolhouse over her shoulder in the background, and a testimony from her mother who actually attended the school. She said the school was removed in 1936 and the lumber recycled to build a house at Fox Farm. I also discovered a buried foundation when digging a trench for an electrical line. A large apple tree had grown next to what appeared to be a remnant of a concrete entrance. For many years that...