William Holmes McGuffey School
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The McGuffey School was built in Greenfield Village in 1934, created out of barn logs from the 1790s southwestern Pennsylvania farmstead where textbook author William Holmes McGuffey was born. Children living in frontier communities learned to read in rustic schoolhouses like this one. McGuffey's Eclectic Readers gave them an easy, standardized way to do it.
The McGuffey School was built in Greenfield Village in 1934, created out of barn logs from the 1790s southwestern Pennsylvania farmstead where textbook author William Holmes McGuffey was born. Children living in frontier communities learned to read in rustic schoolhouses like this one. McGuffey's Eclectic Readers gave them an easy, standardized way to do it.
Artifact
Schoolhouse
Date Made
1934
Creators
Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
United States, Pennsylvania, Washington county
Creator Notes
Built in 1934 in Greenfield Village. Logs from Washington County, Pennsylvania.
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Porches and Parlors District
Object ID
34.777.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Log (Wood)
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