The Hess School on Rathton Road in Spring Garden Township is pictured here in 1926. (See two "after renovation" photos below.) Background posts: How one York County school district emerged from 1950s merger and Northeastern York County's Paddletown: Children paddled back and forth to visit grandma and All YT Square posts on one-room schools.
It's a simple equation.
Old schoolhouse + sweat equity = Lovely private residence.
Col. William H. Beckner of York purchased the old Hess School in 1936, and renovated it into a home in 1937.
The Beckner family sold the 416 Rathton Road building in the late 1960s
William Beckner's son, Martin, regrets that he did not talk to his father about the old school when the colonel was still alive.
Martin Beckner is looking for one piece of information, in particular... .
Continue reading York Town Square query: Why was Spring Garden's Hess School abandoned?.
