Sudbury School was school building built in the early 1800s. This Greek Revival one-room schoolhouse was built out of marble in 1821. Alterations were made in 1829. Most one-room schoolhouses in Vermont were built using wood frame construction. However Sudbury School was not. This is how Sudbury School stands out from other early Vermont schoolhouses. Sudbury School operated as Sudbury School No. 3 for School District No. Sudbury School was also known as Sudbury Hill School.
Privies are attached to the back of the school. The bank of windows were added later when school standards were developed. Its doors lead to a trapezoidal vestibule. The interior is very plain and appears to have been remodeled in the first half of the 20th century. This one-room schoolhouse is notable for its easily recognized architectural form. The schoolhouse retains its historic integrity.
A heating duct was installed during the last half of the 20th century. The school seems to have been closed in 1960. The Sudbury School building was sold Mr. Kenneth Catchum and his wife in 1961. Mr. Kenneth Catchum has owned the land since the 1960s.
Mr. Kenneth Catchum submitted an application for Sudbury School to be on the National Register of Historic Places in March 3, 1978. Sudbury School had been officially entered on the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1978 as Sudbury School No. 3. Upkeep to the building began in the 1970s. The building was restored to its current state in 1979.
Today the school serves as storage sitting on the side of the road underutilized and slightly abandoned, but well preserved intact.
Sudbury School is located at the junction of Route 73 & Route 30, Sudbury, Vermont, US 05733.
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