Beckwith Township
S.S. No. 1 Beckwith - Gillies' Corners School
The first schoolhouse was built in the 1820s at Gillies’ Corners on Lot 3 Con. 2 Beckwith. The union school, U.S.S. No. 4 Drummond & No. 1 Beckwith, was replaced with a white brick building in 1881 and served the sections until 1966. Donald Conboy was the last teacher at Gillies Corners School.
S.S. No. 2 Beckwith - Franktown School
S.S. No. 3 Beckwith - Cuckoo’s Nest School
S.S. No. 4 Beckwith - Prospect School
S.S. No. 5 Beckwith - Tennyson School
U.S.S. No. 10 Drummond & No. 5 Beckwith existed at Tennyson in 1874. The Tennyson School had a 30-foot well in 1877. The school closed in 1966 and the children were bused to Caldwell School in Carleton Place.
U.S.S. No. 10 Drummond & No. 5 Beckwith existed at Tennyson in 1874. The Tennyson School had a 30-foot well in 1877. The school closed in 1966 and the children were bused to Caldwell School in Carleton Place.
S.S. No. 6 Beckwith - The Derry School
616 Kidd Road, Ashton
The limestone “Derry” schoolhouse was built in 1870 on land owned by Dougald Ferguson. The bell and belfry were added in 1890, purchased by funds raised by Fred Kidd who was the teacher at that time. The school had eleven-foot ceilings and the tongue and groove ash walls. The families of children who attended the school milled the wood. The school closed in 1945 and lay vacant until Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Morgan purchased the school in 1972 and renovated it into a home. The belfry is clearly shown, but unfortunately the bell is missing.
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S.S. No. 7 Beckwith - Ninth Line West School
S.S. No. 8 Beckwith - Ninth Line East School
S.S. No. 9 Beckwith - Eleventh Line East School
S.S. No. 10 Beckwith - Scotch Corners School
About 1830, the union school, U.S.S. No. 14 Drummond and No. 10 Beckwith, was constructed with logs on Colin King’s property at Lot 2 Con. 10 Beckwith. Forty-two years later, Charles Stewart and his son, Don, built a framed structure beside the old school on land given by William Dowdall. They installed a well and pump in 1895. History records Miss Conn as the first teacher of Scotch Corners School and Lois Pretty as the last teacher in 1966.
About 1830, the union school, U.S.S. No. 14 Drummond and No. 10 Beckwith, was constructed with logs on Colin King’s property at Lot 2 Con. 10 Beckwith. Forty-two years later, Charles Stewart and his son, Don, built a framed structure beside the old school on land given by William Dowdall. They installed a well and pump in 1895. History records Miss Conn as the first teacher of Scotch Corners School and Lois Pretty as the last teacher in 1966.
S.S. No. 14 Beckwith
Highway 7, Carleton Place
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This school was built in 1878 and the front part was added in 1934. Annie E. Duff, a Canadian artist, attended this school. Two of her paintings are in the National Art Gallery in Ottawa.
