THE HISTORIC SYDENSTRICKER SCHOOLHOUSE - SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA
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We receive no local, state or federal support of any kind, so we truly depend upon generous contributions from the community to achieve our goals. Please consider a donation to help us preserve this local treasure so that it can continue to be enjoyed as it has been for almost a century.
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The Sydenstricker Schoolhouse was built in Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia in 1928. Once the center of education and social activities in our community, the schoolhouse now stands as a reminder of a past era, and a testament to the generations of people that have loved, cared for and preserved the building over the years. What’s really special about this place isn’t just that it is a 90 year old historic schoolhouse, but that after all these years it is still a living, breathing, thriving community center. Its function and role in our community has changed through the years, but its value to our community has not diminished. The schoolhouse is the last remaining example of an early 20th century one-room schoolhouse in Fairfax County in nearly original condition and still on its original site. Except for a few minor changes, the building remains architecturally and structurally intact. It was the last one-room schoolhouse in the county built prior to consolidation, and when it closed in 1939 it was among the last operating one-room schoolhouses in Fairfax County. The schoolhouse has been owned and maintained by the Upper Pohick Community League since they purchased it from the Fairfax County School District in 1954. |
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SYDENSTRICKER - Did you know?
The Sydenstricker Schoolhouse was named in honor of the Reverend Christopher Sydenstricker, who founded the neighboring Sydenstricker Chapel, built in 1911. Sydenstricker was the uncle of the Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize winning author, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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