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The Geer Hill School

The Geer Hill School, built in 1813, is a one-room schoolhouse located on Colonel Ledyard Highway in Ledyard, Connecticut. It stands on the site of a 20-foot square of land donated by the Geer Family in 1735 and is one of two known schools in the United States with the Geer name affixed to it, the other being in Washtenaw County, Michigan. The Geer Hill School Association collected funds for restoration of the schoolhouse, promoting the cause in GFA newsletters and at the triennial GFA reunions.

The Geer Hill School Class of 1912.
Schoolteacher Jane Taylor is in the doorway of the Geer Hill School with her class lined up in front. From left are Kenneth Main, Julius Stencil, Charles Geer, Raymond Allen, Catherine Cubanski, Carl Holdridge, Calvin Main, Ray Holdridge, Vassilov Stencil, and Troy Main. (Photo courtesy of Marian Geer and published in the Norwich Bulletin, Sunday, June 20, 1976.)

Back of the Geer Hill School House, circa 1976, a reunion of alumni.

Panse Geer with tour guide in front of the Geer Hill School today.

2007 GFA Reunion attendees step back in time at the Geer Hill School.

The ground once could be seen through the floor of the schoolroom, but was repaired.