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- Pleasant Plains Public School -
Built in 1871

July 1935

May 1936

     As early as 1819 there were one room school houses in Northampton Township. First through eight graders were in one room with one teacher. By 1871 there were nine of these schools scattered throughout the township.

     Each morning, two boys were assigned to fetch a pail of drinking water from a nearby pump and sometimes many students drank from the same cup.

     In the winter, an older student was often hired to start the fire in the stove late on Sunday night to begin warming the building after the weekend.

     The Northampton Historical Commission has many photos of these different schools with as many as 25 students posing beside them.

     This is the only picture available of the Pleasant Plains Public School, built in 1871. This school was on New Road near Hatboro Road. It closed in 1928 and was sold in 1929. It is still in use as a home after many alterations.

     Since the new elementary school is being built across New Road from this former one-room school house, the Northampton Township Historical Commission is asking the Council Rock School Board to name it the "Pleasant Plains Elementary School."

Click any link below to read Historical articles
from the Bucks County Courier Times

Group wants to preserve
86-year-old school building
Wednesday, March 31, 1999

Home Sweet Home
Sunday, April 18, 1999

People Are Flocking to Northampton
Living with Past Choices
Monday, May 24, 1999

Cornerstone Reveals Old Memories
Friday, July 23, 1999

History Set In Stone
Sunday, September 12, 1999

60 Years of Memories Add Up For Graduates
Thursday, September 16, 1999