Old District 10 Schoolhouse

United States historic place


Old District 10 Schoolhouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The former schoolhouse in 2006.
41°23′18″N 81°48′54″W / 41.38833°N 81.81500°W / 41.38833; -81.81500
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1912 (1912)
NRHP reference No.	73001427^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1973

Old District 10 Schoolhouse, sometimes referred to as the Little Red Schoolhouse,^[2] is a 5-room former schoolhouse located in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. Built in 1912, the building was the site of Middleburg's first city hall, as well as a speakeasy during Prohibition and a railroad way station.^[3] It was then bought by Harvey Cross in 1940 and was used as his private home until his death in 1970.^[4]

Sitting vacant since then, the former schoolhouse has since deteriorated to the point of being listed on Preservation Ohio's list of most endangered historic sites in 2015.^[5]

In September 2015, the Middleburg Heights Historical Society signed an option to buy the schoolhouse, intending to make the building a museum and cultural center.^[6]

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References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Segall, Grant (2015-09-15). "Middleburg Heights history group gets option to buy Little Red Schoolhouse". cleveland.com. The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ "Old District 10 Schoolhouse". Remarkable Ohio. Ohio History Connection. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. State History Publications, LLC. p. 257.
^ Segall, Grant (2015-06-02). "Preservation Ohio lists Middleburg Heights 1912 schoolhouse among 13 most endangered historic sites". cleveland.com. The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ Segall, Grant (2015-09-15). "Middleburg Heights history group gets option to buy Little Red Schoolhouse". cleveland.com. The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 21 March 2016.