Bald Hill Schoolhouse is a historic

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building located at Farmingville in

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. It was built in 1850 and is a small, one story, vernacular rural schoolhouse with

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style detailing. It measures approximately 18 feet by 28 feet. It closed for classroom instruction in 1929. Also on the property are boy's and girl's privies, a small woodshed, ''See also:'' and a house formerly owned by a member of the Terry family. It was added to the

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in 1988. The school is located in Farmingville Hills Park and is owned by the Farmingville Hills Historical Society, which plans to operate the schoolhouse as a museum.http://farmingvillerocks.com/2010/08/we-finally-saw-the-inside-of-the-little-white-schoolhouse/ Farmingville Rocks

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External links

Information about the Farmingville Hills Historical Society

Information about the Bald Hill Schoolhouse
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) School buildings completed in 1850 Museums in Suffolk County, New York One-room schoolhouses in New York (state) Schoolhouses in the United States Education museums in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New York {{NewYork-museum-stub