The First Schoolhouse in Lindenhurst

The children of Breslau originally attended school with children of Huntington farmers in a small one-room schoolhouse on Montauk Highway (Breslau/Lindenhurst was originally part of Huntington township, before the founding of Babylon). When that school became overcrowded, it was decided to organize a school closer to the Village center to be privately financed. The original Wellwood Station railroad depot built by the South Side Railroad and given to the Village was moved from its location on the southeast corner of Wellwood and Hoffman Avenues and moved to a lot donated by Thomas and Abby Welwood on what is now School Street, where it was converted into a schoolhouse. The new school opened on December 12, 1870 with 68 students and a Mr. Strassberger in charge. A year later, the school was turned over to the school district to become the only schoolhouse in Dictrict #4. It is pictured below in 1874, by which time there were over 200 students with classes taught in German.

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