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Wooden boxes still hold books and items collected from one-room schoolhouses throughout Mercer County.

Wooden boxes still hold books and items collected from one-room schoolhouses throughout Mercer County.


A poster-sized reading aid hangs on the wall — akin to the Dick and Jane series used to teach reading.

A poster-sized reading aid hangs on the wall — akin to the Dick and Jane series used to teach reading.


The Caldwell One Room School Museum - just north of Mercer actually closed in 1960 but was reopened in 1962 by the Mercer County Historical Society as a museum as it was the last one room schoolhouse left in Mercer county

The Caldwell One Room School Museum - just north of Mercer actually closed in 1960 but was reopened in 1962 by the Mercer County Historical Society as a museum as it was the last one room schoolhouse left in Mercer county


The original school bell still works and sits atop the brick building.

The original school bell still works and sits atop the brick building.


The wood stove was used to heat the school when it was in operation. The museum is packed with items collected by the historical society and Mae Beringer.

The wood stove was used to heat the school when it was in operation. The museum is packed with items collected by the historical society and Mae Beringer.


Quills, inkwells and even teacher ledgers still occupy the teacher’s desk in the Caldwell One Room School Museum.

Quills, inkwells and even teacher ledgers still occupy the teacher’s desk in the Caldwell One Room School Museum.


The Caldwell one-room schoolhouse, just north of Mercer, Pa., closed in 1960 but was reopened in 1962 by the Mercer County Historical Society as a museum. It was the last one-room schoolhouse in the county.

The Caldwell one-room schoolhouse, just north of Mercer, Pa., closed in 1960 but was reopened in 1962 by the Mercer County Historical Society as a museum. It was the last one-room schoolhouse in the county.