Upcoming Events 2024
Sunday, May 5, 2024 - "Life in Hilltown One Room Schoolhouses"
Did your school have running water? Was your bathroom inside? Was your teacher in charge of heating the room? What was the age range of students in your classroom?
Hear the tales and experiences of students who attended some of Hilltown’s one room schools. The schools typically contained one teacher instructing eight grades at once with up to 45 students! This practice ended in the early 1950s, when the Margaret Seylar Elementary School took the place of nine separate one room schoolhouses.
Old Hilltown school memorabilia will also be on display.
Strassburger Farmstead, 407 Keystone Drive, Sellersville
Open House, 1:30 – 4:00, Program at 2:00
Hilltownhistory.org
Did your school have running water? Was your bathroom inside? Was your teacher in charge of heating the room? What was the age range of students in your classroom?
Hear the tales and experiences of students who attended some of Hilltown’s one room schools. The schools typically contained one teacher instructing eight grades at once with up to 45 students! This practice ended in the early 1950s, when the Margaret Seylar Elementary School took the place of nine separate one room schoolhouses.
Old Hilltown school memorabilia will also be on display.
Strassburger Farmstead, 407 Keystone Drive, Sellersville
Open House, 1:30 – 4:00, Program at 2:00
Hilltownhistory.org
Sunday June 9, 2024 - "Secrets of the Strassburger Farmstead". You may have wandered through our buildings at an open house. Maybe not. Some secrets and mysteries exist that may be of interest to you. Is that a date stone that is covered up with an eagle? What is in the 1868 locked painted chest? What does that painted symbol on a bedroom wall mean? Can you find the window that used to be a doorway? Join Bill Stahl as he takes you through a virtual tour of the buildings. (You can sit in a chair!) He has spent hundreds of hours working on these buildings and has an intimate knowledge of them. Then wander through on your own.
Strassburger Farmstead, 407 Keystone Drive, Sellersville
Open House, 1:30 – 4:00, Program at 2:00
Hilltownhistory.org
Saturday September 21 2024 - Our Annual Fall Festival will take place at the Strassburger Farmstead. Crafters, antiques, book sale, bake sale, silent auction, and mush much more. We will update this as the year goes on. 10:00 - 4:00 PM, rain or shine. As always, it is a free event!