Old Town School

On April 1, 1899, Orren Y. Felton and his wife, Lille F. Felton, gave deed to the Board of Public Instruction for Old Town School, and on May 23, 1911, Ruby E. Chaires and her husband McQueen Chaires gave an additional deed to the Board of Public Instruction for the school. The present two-story, four-classroom building was constructed in 1909 with two classrooms upstairs and two downstairs, and an auditorium was added in 1930. Reflecting the progression from home schooling to one-room schoolhouses to neighborhood schools, children continually attended classes in this building until 1999. The historic two-and-one-half-story building was constructed of locally made bricks fired on site, with exposed Italian eight design rafters, a top half floor containing a two-louver door dormer, and dormer and high windows that were the only means of ventilation. The building is now known as the Dixie County Cultural Center and is used by the Dixie County Historical Society as an office, museum of local artifacts, and library.

Florida · United States