West Union School

	West Union School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Front and side of the school
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Nearest city	Norwich, Ohio
Coordinates	39°56′56″N 81°47′59″W / 39.94889°N 81.79972°WCoordinates: 39°56′56″N 81°47′59″W / 39.94889°N 81.79972°W
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1858
NRHP reference No.	78002155
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1978

The West Union School is a historic one-room school located near the village of Norwich in eastern Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. Situated along County Road 200 south of the village,^[1] the school was erected in 1858. It replaced an earlier log school building; both structures occupied land on the property of pioneer farmer George Richey.^[2]

The school is a weatherboarded building, constructed on a foundation of sandstone and covered with a slate roof; additionally, it features brick details.^[3] It features a simple rectangular floor plan, measuring 35 feet (11 m) long and 25 feet (7.6 m) wide. Although now over 150 years old, the school remains in fine condition; it is believed to have been preserved better than any other extant one-room school in the area.^[2]

Classes met in the West Union School from its completion in 1858 until the fall of 1933,^[4] at which time the West Union School District united with other Union Township districts to merge with the New Concord school system. Since that time, the school has served as a community center: it has hosted events for religious groups, musicians' and farmers' organizations, and even a debate club.^[2] In early 1978, the West Union School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places,^[1] qualifying both because of its historically significant architecture and because of its role in local history.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1116.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b West Union School, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2011-04-06.
^ Old Schools of East Muskingum. 1985. pp. 55–57.

[nris-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[dohp-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1116.

[ohs-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b West Union School, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2011-04-06.

[4] Old Schools of East Muskingum. 1985. pp. 55–57.

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