The Mt. Zion School House, long located in downtown Snow Hill, was moved last week to nearby Furnace Town. The one-room school house joins the historic site’s array of centuries-old structures that are used to offer visitors glimpses into the past.
“It broadens the offerings of Furnace Town,” said Bob Fisher, a member of the historical society.
Members of the historical society have spent the past two years raising the roughly $95,000 it took to move the 19th century school to Furnace Town. Though it had been in Snow Hill for decades, it was built in Whiton in 1970. It was moved to the county seat in the mid-20th century, where it has entertained visitors ever since.
“This we figured was important enough to move into our last available spot here,” said Kathy Fisher, former director of Furnace Town.
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1970 - that old? Wow.
ReplyDelete$95000??? The people got bilked to move this.
ReplyDelete8:32, Isn't that the truth! Expert Home Movers would never charge anywhere near that price. Funny how whenever government gets involved the price is hundreds of percents higher. Kinda like the Salisbury Fire Palace costing $14,000,000.00. Yeah, right.
ReplyDeleteThat date has to be wrong
ReplyDeleteProbably 1870...that would make more sense...Sure it was a TYPO
ReplyDeleteExpert movers did move it. It was built in aprox. 1868.
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