ST. AUGUSTINE SCHOOL — A quiet country intersection south of Chesapeake City once hummed with activity during the school year. But today, only an occasional passing vehicle interrupts the sounds of nature in an area surrounded by horse farms and fields.
A school was built here by John Conrey, who received a contract of $488 from the Cecil County School Board on Nov. 13, 1880. The structure was sold to Myrtle B. Wilson on Nov. 14, 1923, for $300. On April 26, 1966, the Teachers Association of Cecil County erected a marker on the old building, designating it as a typical rural one-room schoolhouse in the county. Some time afterward, the structure was lost, but a new historical marker was placed here to mark the location.
Teachers at St. Augustine School included: Addie C. Ford (1876); Clara McCoy (1881); Arrie A.
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Information from Cecil County Maryland Public Schools, 1850 – 1958 by Ernest A. Howard (1970); published the Cecil County Classroom Teachers Association.
Additional Information.
For additional information, see our photo album of pictures from the school on the Cecil County History on the
For an article on an old school at Fair Hill, see this link –– An Old One Room Schoolhouse Opened to the Public.