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New Lebanon Schools |
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Schools. —Prior to the erection of the borough of New Lebanon the territory was a part of sub-district No. 7. of Mill Creek Township. The first house was a two-story frame, about 24x30, and was erected by David Randall in 1855. On the 11th of March, 1858, it was determined to subdivide the lower room, affording advantages in the two rooms for smaller grades of public school pupils, and using the upper room for the purpose of a select school The enterprise did not prove very successful. In the summer of 1803 the building was unroofed by a severe storm, which carried the belfry about eighty rods to the property of the widow Farver. In 1882 or 1883 it was burned down, and a two-story frame was built in its stead, at a cost of some $1,800. Among the early teachers in the old building were Clark Farver, H. J. Muse, Allen Smith, and others. Select schools were taught by J. R. Donley, L. Kuder (now attorney at law at Greenville), Rev. Swingle, A. J. Palm, of the Western Press, Mr. McConaughey and probably others. History of Mercer County, 1888, pages 479-482 |
School House in New Lebanon was located on Venango Street, near the corner of Oak Street in 1873, according to the 1873 Combination Atlas for Mercer County.
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