Carpenter Hill Schoolhouse - Town of Guilford, Vermont

This is a photo of the Red brick schoolhouse with the bridge on carpenter hill road, in Guilford Vermont. In this picture you can see two people, one man and one boy. They are both wearing suits so it might be Sunday, but it is more likely a school day because one of them is sitting on the rocks, and you NEVER want to get your suit dirty. They both have tan coats and one has tan pants the other has black. There are rocks under the bridge and a steady stream of water flowing under it. Both sides of the riverbank have grass so it could be spring or summer. The redbrick schoolhouse in this photo has three, 6-over-6 windows with a low gable on both sides. The bridge has tall railings with a criss-cross pattern for the siding.

The red brick schoolhouse was built in 1797 and used until somewhere in the 1920’s, when it went into disrepair. The new schoolhouse to replace it was built on Bonnyvale Road. The Guilford central school then replaced the Bonnyvale schoolhouse in 1957. It was renovated by the Anthony family, and is now owned and maintained, by the Guilford historical society since the 1990’s.

This is a photograph of the Red Brick Schoolhouse on Carpenter Hill Rd, in Guilford Center, Guilford VT. There are two girls standing on the bridge in front of the Red Brick Schoolhouse. The two girls are wearing long dresses and the tall girl is wearing stockings. There is one building which is the Red Brick Schoolhouse. On the Guilford slate roof of the schoolhouse is a brick chimney. There are three visible windows, and the windows are six over six. There is one door behind the apple tree branch. There is a field across the road from the red Brick Schoolhouse with a chicken-wire fence surrounding it. A ravine that the Broad Brook flows through before the schoolhouse. There is a dirt road going through the center of the picture. Looks like mid-summer or Spring. There is an apple tree in the fore ground.

The red Brick schoolhouse was built in 1797, then was used until the 1920’s and went a long time before repair. A new schoolhouse was built on Bonnyvale Road to replace it. Guilford Central School was built it in 1957. The Red brick School was renovated by the Anthony family, and is now owned and maintained by the Guilford Historical Society since the 1900’s.

This is a photograph of the Red Brick Schoolhouse and the bridge over the Broad Brook in front, in Guilford Center, Guilford, Vermont. There are two men in the picture; one is standing on the bridge, wearing a suit and boater hat. The other is leaning on a guardrail before the bridge, wearing overalls. The Brick Schoolhouse, slightly obscured by trees is showing three six-on-six windows on the front and one on the right side, hardly visible. The bridge over the Broad Brook has rails on both sides. A fence on the left of the road was used for keeping cattle in the field. A dirt road winds through the middle of the photograph, and there are fields on either side. There are three trees on the right foreground, as well as a large hill and various trees in background.

The Red Brick Schoolhouse is made of brick with wooden clapboards beneath the gables, and a roof made of Guilford slate. It was built in 1797 and was used by District 14 schoolchildren, until it fell into a state of disrepair in the 1920’s and a new schoolhouse was built. The building still stands thanks to the generosity of the Anthony family and the Guilford Historical Society. The schoolhouse sits on Carpenter Hill Road.

This is a photograph of the interior of the Red brick Schoolhouse, in a recreated photo, taken at a 1985 open house in Guilford Center Guilford VT. The ceiling of the schoolhouse is tongue-and-groove slatted wood, with a trap door most likely leading to an attic. The top half of the wall is paneled and painted white; the bottom half is horizontal wooden chair rails. There is one six-over-six window on the right wall. There is a doorway to the far left that leads to a mudroom, which also has an open door, showing trees, and grass outside. On the left wall there is an American flag with only seventeen stars. Below is a picture, possibly of cows. There is an unreadable notice right of the door and an educational poster with a map on the right wall beside the window. An unidentifiable picture hangs left of the blackboard. Written in chalk on the blackboard are the words “WELCOME TO THE LITTLE BRICK SCHOOL HOUSE.” Below the blackboard is the teacher’s desk. On it, is a vase with flowers, a candlestick, an inkwell, and an eraser. There is a chair behind the desk. There are seven desks visible in the photograph. Each desk has a pencil holder, an inkwell, a shelf underneath, and intricate metal grillwork.