schoolhouse
noun
school·house
ˈskül-ˌhau̇s 
: a building used as a school and especially as an elementary school
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The old Bee Cave schoolhouse will be relocated to the site.
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Naina Z Srivatava, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The excavations also revealed items that were probably left behind by the female students who lived in the schoolhouse building in the 1920s.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
In the summer of 1877, Lewis wrote, a small group of residents met at a local schoolhouse and decided upon a more respectable town name: Freedom.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Here, visitors can tour what was the last one-room schoolhouse in the state, explore the North End Farm (a Revolutionary War-era homestead that was repeatedly raided by the British), and traverse 13 miles of trails through rocky beaches, pine forests, and grasslands.
—Blair West, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2025
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Naina Z Srivatava, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The excavations also revealed items that were probably left behind by the female students who lived in the schoolhouse building in the 1920s.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
In the summer of 1877, Lewis wrote, a small group of residents met at a local schoolhouse and decided upon a more respectable town name: Freedom.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Here, visitors can tour what was the last one-room schoolhouse in the state, explore the North End Farm (a Revolutionary War-era homestead that was repeatedly raided by the British), and traverse 13 miles of trails through rocky beaches, pine forests, and grasslands.
—Blair West, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2025
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“Schoolhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolhouse. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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schoolhouse
noun
school·house
-ˌhau̇s
: a building used as a school
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