Pompey Centre District No. 10 Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school

One-room school

One-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In most rural and small town schools, all of the students met in a single room...

 building located at Pompey Center

Pompey Center, New York

Pompey Center is a hamlet in the town of Pompey in Onondaga County, New York. It is the location of Pompey Centre District No. 10 Schoolhouse, a historic one-room schoolhouse listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places....

 in Onondaga County, New York

Onondaga County, New York

Onondaga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 467,026. The county seat is Syracuse.Onondaga County is part of the Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area....

. It is a one story frame building on a stone foundation, 24 feet wide and 32 feet deep. The roof features a small belfry

Bell tower

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. It was built in 1857 and ceased being used as a school in 1943.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1998.

A related 1840 schoolhouse in Pompey was destroyed by fire in January 2010.