Learning in a 19th Century One-Room Schoolhouse
Learning the One-Room Schoolhouse Way
Built circa 1887, the Highland one-room schoolhouse was located near Calhoun, Missouri, and was relocated to the Henry County Museum in Clinton.
Step inside, and you can almost hear the chatter of excitement as children recite their ABCs and solve arithmetic problems in front of their classmates. Everything you would expect to find in a 19th century school is here: chalk and chalkboards, school desks and a teacher’s desk, state maps, and lesson books.
Be a kid again, if only briefly, by touring this rare, carefully preserved one-room schoolhouse. Smiles are guaranteed.
Highland One-Room Schoolhouse
1939 Missouri map
Chalkboards, chalk, and erasers
Four-sided desk and chairs
Globe with a Moon encircling it
Handbells
Potbelly stove with heat exchanger
Pupils’ desks (two rows of doubles and two of singles)
Reproductions of readers
Rope to ring the school bell
Small slate chalkboards
Teacher’s desk
Upright piano
Washstand, cups, washcloths, and soap
Wooden compass for drawing circles with chalk
