Address: 1020 Gilead Street
Inventory Num: 188
Location: North Side at Route 85
Year Built: 1792
Builder:
Style: One-room Schoolhouse
Current Use: Residence
Notable Architectural Features:
- Gable end to street with cornice returns
- Steeply pitched roof
- 6/6 sash, triple mullion on West side
- Simple doorway has sidelights installed outside door casing
- Ashlar foundation on main building; concrete foundation on side ell
- Exposed end brick chimney on side ell. Stove pipe emanating from main structure through window
Importance:One room schoolhouse originally serving Gilead area [Hebron School District X] until 1949, closed after construction of Hebron Elementary School.
History This was the first schoolhouse in Connecticut to be painted white. It was moved to its present location by a tug of war.
Date [built] (Source) 1798 (Hart Buell); 1792 (post card)
Orig Owner White School House
Present Owner [1935-37] White School House (Town)
(WPA Survey - Hebron #37) 
