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Sodus District 2 Schoolhouse aka Maxwell/Sentell Schoolhouse
| Historic Site #: | 12-095 (Exists) Type: E3 | Town: | Sodus | ||
| Site Name: | Sodus District 2 Schoolhouse aka Maxwell/Sentell Schoolhouse | GPS Coordinates: | 43.26286, -77.02696 | ||
| Address: | 7290 Maxwell Road Sodus New York on the SE corner Lake & Maxwell | ||||
| Description: | |||||
| Sodus District 2 Schoolhouse also known as the Maxwell/Sentell School. According to NYGEN, schooling began in 1813 and the 1-room schoolhouse closed in 1944. | |||||
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| Photo courtesy of Edith Farrington | This school was the first school in the area that had both white and black children in attendance in the mid 18oos. Now used as a gift shop. Photos courtesy of Bette Bugni and Edith Farrington |
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| Another photo of Maxwell/Sentell School circa 1934. Teacher Ila Seager Stuart Balch, Lucille Balch, Mike Fletcher, Fred Sergeant, , Betty Pearsall Hayden , Doug Sergeant, Floyd Odell, George Fletcher. Photo courtesy of Remembering Wayne by Andrea T. Evangelist. |
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This school was the first school in the area that had both white and black children in attendance in the mid 18oos. Frank Grosz told us a humorous story about this school. In the early 1900s, Stu Sills Sr. dove his Packard to the school. He produced a dead skunk, climbing onto the roof of the school, he proceeded to put the skunk down the school's chimney. School was cancelled for 2 - 3 days while the skunk was removed and the smell dissipated much to the joy of the young boys. This school is now used as a gift shop (Ye Old School House Country Store).Marge Perez has provided this list of School Teachers:Sodus | |||||