Before the Clifton Schoolhouse was built, Butler Campbell and Andrew Jackson’s children were taught at home by a black teacher, Mr. Mahaffey, who was paid five dollars for each student after examination by the County School Superintendent. Any locality claiming a school had to provide a public school house, select at least one trustee, and secure a certified teacher. In 1890-91, Campbell and Jackson decided to build a proper school, and their neighbor Wade Holmes provided a one-acre lot on the northwest corner of his property. The three men built a 12’ x 16’ heart pine structure on coquina cornerstones about one foot off the ground, with a west-facing front fitted with a double-paneled door, two sets of glass-paned windows on the north and south sides, and a roof of cedar or cypress boards. Campbell’s children included Florida, Eugenia, Agnes, Henry, and Willie, who was Valedictorian in 1892, and Jackson’s children were Annie, Mary, Floyd, and Douglas, who was Valedictorian in 1893. Studies included reading, physiology, English, math, and Latin. By 1910, the children were out of school or attending school elsewhere. In 1924, Eugenia returned to Clifton and later lived in the structure. When NASA bought properties on North Merritt Island in the 1960s, the families relocated to other areas and most of the houses were moved or demolished.