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The Sydenstricker Schoolhouse 

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• Created by: rlobecker
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• Start at:  N 38° 45.346 W 077° 14.357
• Location: United States
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• Date Added: 10/24/2020 12:12 PM
• Last Updated: 11/26/2020 4:07 PM
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The Sydenstricker Schoolhouse has been called "the best preserved example of an early 20th century one-room schoolhouse in Fairfax County in nearly original condition and still on its original site." Here, you’ll learn the history of a community told through the lens of this building. We'll talk about architecture, student life, notable people, important events, the neighboring chapel & graveyard, and life in this once rural community.

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Here, you'll learn the history of a community told through the lens of the Sydenstricker Schoolhouse, or what was officially called Pohick School #8. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, it has been called "the best preserved example of an early 20th century one-room schoolhouse in Fairfax County in nearly original condition and still on its original site."

Here, you'll learn not only about the building itself, but you will get glimpses of life at this school and learn a bit about education in early 20th century, rural Fairfax County.

You'll also learn a bit about the neighboring chapel & graveyard, with which the schoolhouse shares a long, intertwined history -- as well as the name Sydenstricker.

Finally, you'll be introduced to this community in the decades following WWII and before rapid suburbanization, when the Upper Pohick Community League repurposed this building as a community hall that served as the center for many social and civic activities. 

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