MOUNT VERNON — One of the early one-room schools of Knox County will be highlighted at the next meeting of the Knox County Historical Society on Wednesday, May 1.
The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. at the KCHS Museum, 875 Harcourt Road in Mount Vernon.
Located on Martinsburg Road, just inside Pleasant Township, the Morgan Schoolhouse served both students and families for many years.
For the past 20 years, the former Morgan schoolhouse and grounds have served as the residence and business location of Deborah and Paul Bahm, proprietors of Schoolhouse Woodcrafts. Schoolhouse Woodcrafts produces beautiful and unusual handmade wooden items such as birdhouses, birdfeeders, ornaments, kitchen tools, etc.
The Bahms will share photographs and stories of how they have preserved and repurposed a structure in which many of our county’s earliest settlers were educated, where they voted, where they were entertained, and where they spent much of their lives as part of the new and growing State of Ohio.
The meeting is free and open to the public, and all persons interested in area history are invited to attend. Visitors may also tour the museum before and after the meeting.
For more information, call the museum at 740-393-5247 or visit www.knoxhistory.org or schoolhousewoodcrafts.com.
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