Site Number: 1  Southern Tour

Weekend Journey Events:
 -  Try your hand at using a quill pen
 -  Play with reproduction period wooden toys
 -  Children can dress up in nineteenth century clothing
 -  Spend recess rolling hoops or playing the game of graces
 
Driving directions: Take Rt. 206 12 miles south to Orchard Road and turn right for 1 mile to Burnt Hill Road. Turn right on Burnt Hill road. The Bedensville Schoolhouse is located on the right. Parking is available in front of the school on the grounds of Orchard Hill Elementary School.

Parking:  
Parking available at the site.

ADA Accessible: No

Normal Hours:
The schoolhouse is normally only open by appointment and for special events, so please take advantage of this special Weekend Journey Through the Past to visit and experience what school was like in the mid 19th century.

Website: www.vanharlingen.org
Email: president@vanharlingen.org
Phone: 908-359-8304; Candy Wills
Map: Google Map
Historic Register: Yes

Organization:
Van Harlingen Historical Society    

Bedensville Schoolhouse

The Bedensville Schoolhouse was built in 1853 on a tract of land, in Montgomery Township, once known as Bedensville. It is now operated as a living history museum by the Van Harlingen Historical Society.

The nineteenth century one-room schoolhouse, which was built in the Dutch style, fell into disrepair early in the 20th century. In 1975, the Montgomery Bicentennial Committee organized an effort to relocate the structure to its current setting on the grounds of the townships elementary school.  Through the hard work of the Bicentennial Committee, the Van Harlingen Historical Society, and local residents, the school has been accurately restored.

Please join our resident school marm for a lesson in ciphering. Take a seat at one of the wooden desks, grab your quill pen, and practice your best penmanship. Docents will be available to answer question and demonstrate how to roll wooden hoops.