Building date: 1845 [1852 is stated by the Roudabush Survey and Schmidt]
Original use: Schoolhouse
Corner structures:
Mortar application and content: Vertical, no embellishment
Types and uses of stones: Built of field cobbles.
Types and choice of windows:
Structures with similar masonry details: Har-2 Miller, Har-4 Unknown, Roy-4 Ohol
Masons who worked on building:
Unique features:
Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°16'53.72"N 78°29'18.54"W. Current owner of record, Hartland Historical Society as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Hartland and Niagara County Maps
District No. 10 schoolhouse is located at 9713 Seaman Road at intersection with Carmen Road. It was built in 1845. It was used until 1947 during centralization. It is now owned by the Hartland Historical Society as a one-room schoolhouse museum. It is built of field cobbles. It has been placed on the National Register. Richard Palmer blog.
Short History of the Town of Hartland District 10 No. School and general layout of the building and grounds. Norm LaJoie, Town of Hartland Historian, 12/12/2003.
Happenings at District 10 School. Norm LaJoie, Town of Hartland Historian, 12/12/2003.
"Harland History: Mason restoring face of cobblestone schoolhouse", by Joyce M. Miles, Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, 8/23/2006.
"Restoring a unique history lesson", by Teresa Sharp, Buffalo news, 11/30/2008.
The Cobblestone Society & Museum Tour of Cobblestone Homes, 09/28/2019. See photographs below from that event.
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Number 14 Schoolhouse
- Page 78
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¹ Image courtesy of Norman LaJoie, Hartland Town Historian
² Image courtesy Cobblestone Museum.
³ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
4 Photography courtesy Richard Palmer.
5 Photography courtesy Gregory Lawrence.
