Alwine School, also on the east side of (old) Rt. 66 just south of the
intersection with Rt. 993. Also closed in 1947, is currently the Alwine Civic
Center. A 1 room building housing grades 1-3.
Blank School - The Blank School was a two room brick schoolhouse located
adjacent to the Union Cemetery in Hempfield Twp. at what is now the
intersection of Bank School Road, Union Cemetery Road and Bothwell Farm
Road. [thanks to Mary Meisner]
Fairview School - was located on Edna Road near Adamsburg. It was built
in 1868 and eventually was used as a church.
Fox's School was located near the intersection of the Hunker/Watlz Mill Rd and
Penn Valley Rd., opposite where the auto auction is/was (haven't been there in
several years).
Grapeville school is in Grapeville adjacent to Jeannette. Located on top of
the hill on 4th Street. I think the building is still standing; I don't know
how many rooms it contained. Served grades 1-8, I believe. Probably closed
around 1955.
"old" Harrold School - located on Baltzer Meyer Pike near St. John's
Church is currently being restored by the Baltzer Meyer Historical Society.
Oak Grove School - on east side of Rt. 66, about 1/8 mi. north of the entrance
to Allegheny Power. This school closed in 1947 and is now a private residence
(I believe.) It was a 1 room building housing grades 4-6.
Painterville School was south of New Stanton along the road going past the
Sony plant. It was close to the present Methodist Church.
Pleasant Valley School was located on what at the time was Pleasant Valley
Road, now named North Greengate Road, just north of the intersection with Rt.
130. The school closed about the early 1950s, was converted to a residence,
then torn down to make room for the toll Rt. 66 highway about 1992. It was a 2
room structure, probably had grades 1-6 or 1-8. Additional
Information from Carol Thomas - The Pleasant Valley School located
on North Greengate Road stood on the south east corner of the Joseph Thomas
property. Mr Joseph Thomas donated that property to Hempfield Township so
that a school could be erected. As told to me by his daughter Henrietta
Marie Thomas b. 1905.
Don't have the name, but there is an old one-room schoolhouse on Whigham Road
near Route 136.
Kennedy School, located at the north end of Youngwood.
St. Clair school
located in Midway
Weaves
old stand in Armbrust
Fightners
on rt.819 beside central cemetery
Painterville School the
school was at the south end of New Stantonalong the road that currently goes
through the town. It was a 2-room school, with grades 1-4 in one room and 5-8
in the other. At the time it had a stove in each room for heat and outhouses
for the necessities. It was used as a school probably until the early 50s
after which it was used by the adjacently located Methodist Church for an
educational building. The school was still standing when my mother and I
visited New Stanton in October 1998. At that time it was owned and used by the
New Stanton United Methodist Church. The original Methodist church, which my
mother attended, was adjacent to the school building. It was recently (1997, I
think) razed and a new church building was built (just visible to the right
rear of the school). The school was also razed sometime later. - Thanks
to Paul Claspy
Another school in New
Stanton was the big school that was located along the former Rt119 just east
of town. It may have been called New Stanton School and it included several
2-room schools like the one in New Stanton as part of its census. It was
recently demolished and I don't know when it was built. It was a fairly large
2-story building that went through, I think, 8th grade. My uncle, Paul W. Fox,
was principal there for many years. - Thanks to Paul
Claspy
Lincoln Heights School,
which was for first to sixth grades from the 1940's until perhaps the 70's. A
beautiful brick building with four classrooms. It remains standing, although
boarded up, on the north side of U.S. 30, on the road behind Eat N Park, in
Linclon Heights. It has a great view of the new Jeannette school and what is
left of McKee Stadium. Harold
V.C. Davis
If you know the name or location of any schools in the
township , please e-mail me.
Thanks to Cynthia Bombach, Paul Calhoun, James Butterworth, George Neilson and
Don Crago for providing this information.
