Buffalo Township in Sarver in Butler County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Kelly School House

(Built Between 1854 and 1865)

Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 16, 2025

1. Kelly School House Marker

Inscription.
July 4th, 1854 - David and Mary Jane Kelly donated this ground for a school house for the sum of one dollar.

1867 - The first recorded date classes were held. Matthew N. Greer was teacher that year. He had attended the Witherspoon Institute and the Butler Academy. He had also served in the Civil War and had been a Union prisoner at Andersonvile, Ga.

1904 - A second room (the farthest from the road) was added.

The Kelly School House is now part of the Buffalo Elementary School. It is one of the oldest public school houses in use in the United States.

This plaque is dedicated to all the teachers who have served at the Kelly School House and to all their students.

Erected 1993.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Notable Buildings. A significant historical date for this entry is July 4, 1854.

Location. 40° 43.38′ N, 79° 45.322′ W. Marker is in Sarver, Pennsylvania, in Butler County. It is in Buffalo Township. It is on Sarver Road 0.1 miles east of North Pike Road (Pennsylvania Route 356), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 498 Sarver Road, Sarver PA 16055, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow

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flies: Buffalo Township Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Sarver Veterans Club Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Cooper Cabin (approx. 3.2 miles away); German Evangelical Protestant Church (approx. 3.4 miles away); Amelia Roebling Knoch House (approx. 3½ miles away); John & Carl Roebling House (approx. 3½ miles away); Starke Family House (approx. 3½ miles away); KDKA "Dog House" (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sarver.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 16, 2025

2. Kelly School House Marker

The Kelly School House is in the background and now serves as a daycare.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 21, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 62 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 21, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.