This converted schoolhouse is on the rural outskirts of Collingwood, Ontario, probably from the mid 1800s, although I haven’t been able to find information on it yet. Most schools from that era had a door for boys and one for girls, so that’s clearly how this farm school was built. For Norm’s Thursday Doors. See more doors from other bloggers here.
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Love that brick/stone work, especially the keystones above the door arches. š
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Thanks marianallen. Lots of these old schoolhouses are so beautiful still, even when they’re renovated.
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a beautiful old building and doors. Interesting comment about separate doors for girls and boys…would the schoolhouse have a division within to keep them apart as well, do you know?
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Hi dennyho. No, I don’t think they were separated inside the classroom, although I don’t know for sure. I think it had more to do with the Victorian mores of giving each gender their own cloakroom to disrobe from the outdoors. Silly stuff but so interesting.
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Thx for backstory!
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