Visit the Kirtland Schoolhouse and learn of the simple nature of education in the early 1800s. The school house is a replica of the original built on this spot in 1819.
The Kirtland schoolhouse was a place of secular and spiritual education where the Saints responded to the commandment to receive "instruction in all things." Throughout the 1820s and 1830s, the elementary aged children from the neighborhood gathered here to learn reading, grammar, penmanship, and arithmetic—the very basics of education in the early nineteenth century.
In addition to serving as a school, this building played an important role in the public life as Kirtland's "town hall" and as a gathering place for various groups. The school also served as a place for the Saints to gather weekly to worship through prayer, devotional music, sermons, and partaking of the sacrament.
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