The members of the group that maintain the Hurlbutt Street Schoolhouse are holding an open house at the historic building and are inviting the public to stop by before or after Ambler Farm Day on Sunday! The schoolhouse, located right down the road from Ambler Farm at 157 Hurlbutt St., will be open from 1-4 p.m.. Take a step back in time and enjoy a glass of apple cider.
According to its recently launched website, the Hurlbutt Street Schoolhouse was built in 1834 and “for the next 101 years this one-room school provided an education for as many as thirty children at one time, in grades one through eight. It is now a museum for all ages to visit and enjoy.
“Today, the 1834 Hurlbutt Street School House, designated Wilton’s Fourth Historic District and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, serves as a living museum where school children can visit for a day and learn the ways of earlier times. Each year, children from Wilton and neighboring towns visit the old school on Hurlbutt Street for lessons taught in the old methods and participate in traditional rote learning and one-room class activities. Hurlbutt School features a pot-bellied stove, water jug, blackboard, teaching chart, and the outhouse of bygone times.”