schoolhouse
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Lessons were taught in a small schoolhouse set on a bucolic campus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Kapisillit's red wooden schoolhouse has a bell, library and Soviet-era hunting rifle to fend off polar bears.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
The schoolhouse is a dull, matted red, as are other architectural elements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Right, he didn't stand in the schoolhouse door.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2024
Caesar hid Travels into Several Remote Nations in the dirt under the schoolhouse, wrapped in two swatches of burlap.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
But some, like Second Chance, are brick-and-mortar schoolhouses with dozens of students.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
One of my parents is an IU alum, but more than that, we were all born in Indiana, flat land of cornfields and quarries, churches and schoolhouses, often the punchline of other states' jokes.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2023
In Lauck’s telling, the region became a hotbed of intellectualism: Carnegie libraries flourished, local philosophical and literary societies emerged, schoolhouses were built, land-grant universities were founded.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022
But millions of Americans gave voting a go anyway on Tuesday, dutifully turning up across the country to cast ballots at schoolhouses, libraries and V.F.W. posts.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
Teachers were called upon to do whatever was necessary to keep the schoolhouses clean, safe, and comfortable for pupils.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
