This one-story, hipped-roof, one-room, wood-frame structure is one of the oldest district school buildings in Vermont, and one of the most stylish. Built for the Eureka district in northeastern Springfield, the 20

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25–foot school appears rather plain at first glance. However, the unpainted, wide horizontal planks used for siding are finely planed and incised in a pattern that imitates rusticated stone blocks. This detailing is another reflection of the architectural sophistication of this area in the last decades of the eighteenth century, a period that also produced the Rockingham Meeting House (WH7) and other Georgian landmarks. The building served as the District No. 2 school into the twentieth century. It was dismantled in 1959, and moved and rebuilt in 1968 alongside the new state road connecting Springfield village with I-91. The schoolhouse contains historical exhibits and is a state-owned historic site that is open seasonally as a visitors' information center.