This Old Schoolhouse: KC’s Historic Schools

Before your kids head back to school, take a trip back in time to explore one of the area’s old schoolhouses where children can experience firsthand the life of schoolkids more than a century ago.

• Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead

  One of the attractions at the farmstead is the replica 1900 one-room country school. With a slate blackboard and antique desks, the school gives children a picture of what learning was like a century ago.

• Lanesfield School Historic Site

  Learn about the history of education in Kansas and Johnson County with a visit to the limestone schoolhouse. Visitors learn about education for rural Kansans in the mid-19^th through mid-20^th centuries.

• Missouri Town Living History Museum

  Explore more than 25 buildings dating from 1820 to 1860, including a pioneer school. Interpreters in period attire present living history programs, including school lessons, during special events.

• Mount Gilead Church & School

  Mt. Gilead School, built in 1879, operated for more than half a century until it closed its doors in 1946. Historians believe Mt. Gilead was the only school in the area to continuously hold classes during the Civil War.

• Oxford Schoolhouse

  Visit the school and talk with a costumed docent about the history of Oxford School and the surrounding rural area. Schedule a program for any group any day of the week year-round (except during Open House hours).

• Shawnee Town 1929

  Shawnee Town 1929 depicts a typical day in and around the 1920s farm community, including a one-room schoolhouse.

• Shoal Creek Living History Museum

  The living history museum comprises 21 structures with 17 authentic 19^th century buildings dating from 1807 to 1885, including a schoolhouse. Learn as children did in times gone by during special events.