{"id":23514,"date":"2023-03-08T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=23514"},"modified":"2023-03-08T10:02:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T15:02:40","slug":"episode-666-gibraltar-school-fifth-line-esquesing-twp-halton-county-near-limehousel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=23514","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 666 GIBRALTAR SCHOOL, FIFTH LINE, ESQUESING TWP, HALTON COUNTY…near Limehousel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From: <\/b><\/span>Alan Skeoch <alan.skeoch1@gmail.com<\/a><\/a>>
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Date: <\/b><\/span>March 7, 2023 at 1:09:08 PM EST
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EPISODE 777      GIBRALTAR SCHOOL\u2026NEAR VILLAGE OF LIMEHOUSE, FIFTH LINE, ESQUESING TWP.  HALTON COUNTY<\/p>\n

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Hardly a typical country schoolhouse.   Gibraltar School must at one time been surrounded by<\/div>\n
smal farms , perhaps a village\u2026.enough people to provide for a stone built school \u2026two stories high.<\/div>\n
Now in 2023 Gibraltar School has been totally renovated as a private home but the renoVations<\/div>\n
did not change the appearance of the old school house.  Behind the school is the Niagara Escarpment.<\/div>\n

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MY NOMINATION:  PRETTIEST 19TH CENTURY ONTARIO SCHOOLHOUSE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The two-storey stone School Section #9, known as Gibraltar is on the 5th Line. The second storey was added to the 1862 building in 1875.<\/dd>\n
 It was closed from 1891 until 1954.<\/dd>\n

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1)  WHY was a second storey built on a school with less than 20 students ?  Did teacher live there?  Usually in the 19th and early 20th century the  <\/div>\n
teacher lived on a nearby farm.    And, by the way, the teacher was expected to be a paragon of virtue.<\/div>\n

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2) Why was the school so well built\u2026stone building.<\/div>\n

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3) Why was the school built a mile from the village of Limehouse. Isolated.  Lucky because the village of Limehouse caught fire<\/div>\n
and most buildings were lost.<\/div>\n

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4) Why has this one room school survived when dozens, probably hundreds have not?   (recently restored as a private home)<\/div>\n

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5) All the school records were lost when water damaged!  Well, not all, because years ago I found some records<\/div>\n
that put flesh and blood into the life of Gibraltar School\u2026found on internet after following digital trails for a few days.  Must find again<\/div>\n
because those records made the school come alive.<\/div>\n

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6) Wy was school named Gibraltar?   19th century British victory in Napoleonic Wars\u2026and subsequent mass emigration<\/div>\n
to Canada\u2026I assume.<\/div>\n

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This is the road where the school sits\u2026.empty \u2026 some farms ,,,straight ahed is the quaint village of Limehouse<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

where the new school exists and thrives.
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1948 Class,  Miss Jean Ruddell )teacher)<\/p>\n


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1944 – woodshed or stable in back of school<\/div>\n
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PaintIng of A meeting with school trustees, by Robert Harris<\/div>\n
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Note:  Much more to this story \u2026 perhaps I will find records.<\/div>\n

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