Greenwood’s first schoolhouse stood yards from this site until it burned down in 1855. The Greenwood School District was established in 1858, and the community built this one-room schoolhouse, which remained open from 1859 to 1954. The building also served the Greenwood community as a meeting hall, a polling site, and an emergency shelter, and the old school bell was used to alert inhabitants in the area to natural disasters. After the school closed in 1954, Greenwood’s students were transferred to Cool, and the bell was incorporated into the California State Historic Landmark for the town of Greenwood. The community purchased the property in 1957, and it remains open as a public meeting place and park. Preservation efforts by the Greenwood Civic Organization, the Georgetown Divide Recreation District, and the Native Sons of the Golden West have preserved this piece of California history so that it may continue to benefit the community.