This one-room school stood at the corner of Springwood and Camp Betty Washington roads until it was demolished to make way for a highway improvement project this week. At one time, York County played host to about 300 one-room schools, tops in Pennsylvania. See photograph of demolished school below..
Sixteen one-room schools operated in York Township before post-World War II consolidation spelled their demise.
Many became private residences or businesses after that. Now, one such former private residence is no more.
The Ore Valley School, forerunner to the mammoth Ore Valley Elementary School, was torn down this week to make way for improvements to a treacherous intersection.
A York Daily Record story quotes former student Karl Schaefer: ...
Continue reading York County one-room schools: 'That's when things were good'.
