Mount Zion One-Room Schoolhouse Museum

Shows how our ancestors were taught in the days of one-room schools.

The Mt. Zion One Room School House, formerly located on Ironshire Street in Snow Hill, was built in 1869 near Whiton, MD and used as a school until 1931.

It stood empty until Dr. Paul Cooper, Superintendent of Schools, had the building moved to Snow Hill. It was opened to the public in 1964 and has since demonstrated to students and visitors how their forebears were taught in the days of one room schools.

NOTE that this building was moved to Furnace Town in 2016.

Donations of 19th century texts and furnishings make a visit to the school a leap back in time. McGuffy readers, quill pens, inkwells slates and a water bucket are in place just as if the students had been dismissed yesterday.

Mt. Zion One Room School Museum, Snow Hill, Worcester County, Maryland

Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum
3816 Old Furnace Road, P.O. Box 207
Snow Hill, MD 21863

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