Originally called the Oswego Bitters Schoolhouse and located at Bennetts Corner Road and Bitters Road, School House #1 now resides at Gillie Lake Park. The land at Bennetts Corner and Bitters Road was purchased for $50 on January 12, 1855, and it usually served 20 students grades 1-8 in a one-mile radius of the schoolhouse. The school operated from 1855 to 1942 and was relocated to Gillie Lake in 1999 to become a museum.
Address: 6016 Gillie Brook Road, Memphis
Hours: Park is open dawn to dusk daily
Each day started with the Pledge of Allegiance, learning reading, writing, and arithmetic throughout the day. Each grade took their turn sitting at the front of the classroom and a popular punishment was the stool in the corner. Everyone drank from the same dipper and water bucket and played kick the can, hide and seek, and softball during recess.