District School Number Five Explained

District School Number Five
Location:9436 Dry Run Rd., Campbell, New York
Coordinates:42.2233°N -77.1328°W
Built:1839
Added:March 21, 2001
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:01000242

District School Number Five, also known as "The Little Red Schoolhouse," is a historic one room school building located at Campbell in Steuben County, New York. It was built during the spring and summer of 1839 with a hand hewn timber frame of mortise and tenon construction. The schoolhouse is part of the Watson Homestead Conference and Retreat Center, deeded to the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Church by IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Watson attended the school as a child. Also on the property is a small frame structure that served as privy and woodshed.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: District School Number Five. November 2000. 2009-06-14. William E. Krattinger. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. https://web.archive.org/web/20120918144825/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=8581. 2012-09-18. dead. See also: Web site: Accompanying three photos.