One-room schoolhouses once dotted the landscape, including the red brick building across the street, which was constructed with locally made bricks in 1903 and used as a school until 1917. It then served as the Valley View Village Hall until 1940 and is now a private home. The schoolhouse was once surrounded by farmland, with crops grown in large fields where buildings now stand. During the 19th century, the nearby Ohio and Erie Canal contributed to the livelihood of residents of the Cuyahoga River valley, as many farmed the land while others operated canal boats and businesses along the canal. This building was one of the last of the one-room schoolhouse era, and local students, as well as children of families who owned, operated, and lived on canal boats, walked up to a mile to attend classes there before communities began consolidating schools when modern transportation became available.