Williamsville School No. 9, originally located at New and Smith Roads, served farm families in the northeastern part of Amherst and was used as a school until 1951. As many as 36 students from ages 4 to 18 attended at one time. The schoolhouse has been restored as closely as possible to its appearance between 1880 and 1890 and is an excellent example of late 19th-century vernacular schoolhouse architecture with bonneted windows in the Italianate style. A rondel over the entrance door identifies the school and its construction date. The interior south wall and the teacher's platform have been rebuilt, the original flooring has been exposed and repaired, and the original exterior and interior paint colors have been replicated. The desks were all two-seaters similar to the pair at the front of the room, and marks remain on the floor where the original desks were anchored. The single-seat desks now in use are not original to the building but are from the same time period. The stove has been placed where charred floor planking indicated its original location. Older boys were responsible for bringing in wood and keeping the fire burning, and in winter the stove was also used to heat lunches or dry wet mittens. In 1885, Grover Cleveland was president of the United States, and his portrait hangs on the wall to indicate the pride that area residents may have felt in having someone from Erie County in the White House. The typical school day lasted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. At noon, students ate outside during good weather, and after lunch they helped with school chores or played games. According to oral histories, children sometimes played flood, a tag game they made up because the ground around the school was often wet or flooded due to its proximity to Ransom Creek. It was not until after 1900, when increased immigration led to a heightened interest in Americanization, that schools commonly had the American flag inside. The flag on the flagpole has 38 stars, as there were only 38 states in 1880. After the school closed in 1951, the building was sold in 1953 to Alfred Jurek Post #1672 and used as a youth center. Ransom Oaks Development purchased the land in 1971 and donated the building to Amherst Museum before houses and townhouses were built at the site.