First Schoolhouse, Lindenhurst. 1871-1877. By 1876, student population had outgrown the 1st schoolhouse. It later served as a firehouse & then a private home, which is remains to this day.
Additional Items
1st School Exterior
1st schoolhouse in Breslau (School District #4), opened 1870 on School Street with 68 students, pictured in 1874 with over 200 students, Mr. Strassberger in charge.
1st School Exterior 02
1st schoolhouse in foreground, pictured in 1872 with ongoing construction of Evangelical St. Johannes Church (later, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church) behind it on West John Street.
First School House
The modified 1st schoolhouse building when it was the private home of Frederick Scheide, a past Supervisor of The Town of Babylon & owner of a nearby soda bottling plant. The original school building is the section in the foreground of this photo.
First School House
A more recent photo showing the modified schoolhouse building as it appears today, with the original part to the right of the porch.