Silver Palm Schoolhouse | |
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| Location | Redland, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 25°33′3″N 80°26′43″W / 25.55083°N 80.44528°W |
| Built | 1904 |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000581[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 2, 1987 |
The Silver Palm Schoolhouse is an historic school in the Silver Palm Historic District[2] within the unincorporated community of Redland, Florida, United States. It is located at Silver Palm Drive and Newton Road. On July 2, 1987, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Built in 1904 by local residents, the two-story structure was the first and largest of seven rural schools that were built in the Redlands. The first floor was used for school while the second floor for church and public gatherings.[3]
Before the school board would allocate a teacher, the area's residents needed ten students. With only nine school-age children in the vicinity, they scoured until finding a tenth. Eventually, the school was erected and class began.[4] The first teacher was a man named Henry Proctor.[5]
It operated as a school until 1916, when it and the other six rural schools were consolidated into the Redland Farm Life School.[6]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Silver Palm Historic District
- ^ "UF Digital Collections". ufdc.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ Pioneers of The Redland District. 1936. pp. 130–131.
- ^ "UF Digital Collections". ufdc.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ Emily Dieterich and Michael Zimny (February 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: or Registration: Silver Palm Schoolhouse". National Park Service. Retrieved January 26, 2017. with 14 photos, historic and from 1985-86