Bovina Center in Delaware County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Maynard School

Photographed By Ray LaFever, June 3, 2016

1. Maynard School Marker

Inscription. Built 1849
Students Attended
classes Here Until 1959.
School District One
Created in 1813.

Erected 2016 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1849.

Location. 42° 17.015′ N, 74° 42.547′ W. Marker is in Bovina Center, New York, in Delaware County. Marker is at the intersection of Bovina Road and Crescent Valley Road, on the right when traveling south on Bovina Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bovina Center NY 13740, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Bovina Library (approx. 3.9 miles away); First Milk Pasteurization (approx. 5.7 miles away); 1800 Church (approx. 6.1 miles away); St. Peters (approx. 6.3 miles away); John Burroughs (approx. 6.3 miles away); "Those Hills Comfort Me" (approx. 6.4 miles away); 1983 - 1984 - 1986 (approx. 6.4 miles away); Woodchuck Lodge (approx. 6½ miles away).

Regarding Maynard School. When the Town of Bovina was created in 1820, it had five common school districts. District one is known

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commonly as the Maynard district, named for one of Bovina’s earliest settlers, Elisha Maynard. The district was established in 1813, after New York State passed a new common school law establishing school districts the year before. The Maynard family gave the land for construction of the schoolhouse. The current schoolhouse building was constructed in 1849. A school operated here continually until the end of the 1958/59 school year, when the district trustees made the decision to send their children to central schools in Andes or Delhi. Now owned by the town of Bovina, it is the only one–room school in Bovina that still looks like it did when it ceased to operate. In 2014 and 2015, the Bovina Historical Society hosted a week-long ‘day camp’ at the school, where students and teachers went back in time to 1900. They dressed in clothing of the period and had lessons and games from that period.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 1, 2019. It was originally submitted on June 3, 2016, by Ray LaFever of Bovina Center, New York. This page has been viewed 396 times since then and 30 times this year. Last updated on April 26, 2019, by Deryn Pomeroy of Syracuse, New York. Photo 1. submitted on June 3, 2016, by Ray LaFever of Bovina Center, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.