The last one room school house in Buxton has opened it's door to students once again. The third grade classes from the Jack Memorial School in Buxton were the first students to visit the school in 64 years. The last regular classes were held in the school in 1942. The third grade students were greeted by Louis Emery from the Buxton/Hollis Historical Society and Frank Jewett third grade teacher Doris Hicks who acted as the one room school teacher.

The Jack Memorial students learned that the first schools in Buxton were started in 1799. They were the north and south grammar schools. The schools taught students Greek, Latin, and English. During the mid 1800's there were as many as seventeen one room schools in Buxton. The newly renovated Chicopee School which they were visiting was later named the N.C. Watson School after a family who donated $50 to the school. The third graders found out the school cost $735 to build.

The students asked why there were "holes" in the desked and learned about ink wells. They were also fasincated by the grooves in the desk which held students' pencils.

In a joint effort of the Buxton/Hollis Historical Society, the MSAD#6 school system, Anthony Taylor, and the Narragansett Foundation, the Chicopee one room school house was moved to it's new home at Buxton Center just below the Frank Jewett/Hanson Elementary Schools. The society plans to have historic programs that involve Buxton students and adults, and surrounding communities.