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District #5 Schoolhouse - North Alfred Year listed: 2003 Saved! Built in 1872, the District #5 Schoolhouse is the last district school in Alfred on its original site. This picturesque structure has lived through a multitude of community uses. Today, the Schoolhouse continues to house various community activities such as a meeting place for local organizations and an annual Christmas open house. Future plans may also include converting it to a schoolhouse museum. Located in a rural and scenic region of central York County, new residential development is planned on land immediately behind the school. The local Historical Society, Boy Scouts and other volunteers have been working hard to restore the building. The exterior restoration was completed in 2005. Their most recent accomplishment is the restoration of the outhouse and the woodshed. A local Boy Scout troop will work to paint the floors and to finish the desks on the interior of the schoolhouse this summer (2006). The Historical Society held their annual potluck banquet there last fall. Future plans include using the schoolhouse as a living classroom and meeting place for local groups.
Schoolhouse interior Boy Scouts volunteer to hang clapboards and build a ramp.
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