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 Mrs. Decker brought her Covenant Love Community School first and second graders 150 years back in time Thursday when she taught her class at Lansing's Field School House. The class was greeted by Lansing Town Historian Louise Bement, who rang the bell to announce that school was about to begin. |
The Field School House was originally built in the 1830s or 1840s on Peruville Road and named after Miss Evelyn Field, who taught there for nine years starting in 1893. Before the Lansing Central School District was formed Lansing was divided into 23 districts, each with its own school house. Today the school sits between the Lansing Town Hall and the historical records building, across the square from the Lansing Community Library.
A number of the original schoolhouses still exist. The Field School (district #15) was originally on Peruville Road near what is now called the Gray Barn. The Sage School (district #23) on Luce Road and the North School, later named the Searles School (district #10) on Searles Road, are now private homes. The largest is the old Ludlowville Union School (district #9), which sits in faded glory on a hill, hidden behind the main street in the Lansing hamlet.
Photographs by Karen Veaner
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