In 1858, a little to the west of where the current schoolhouse sits, a red brick schoolhouse suffered the devastating effects of a fire, and was burned to the ground. The following year, the school trustees oversaw the building of a new structure, made from local limestone. It became a center of the community, used for the local Ladies Intellectual Club meetings, adult German language classes, and the annual Christmas pageant. It also had a bit of a reputation as having "difficult" students - most of them from the local farms. It was uncommon for any teacher to stay longer than one term. The school was in use for 89 years, until a bigger, much more modern one was built nearby. The stone schoolhouse was abandoned, stripped of its interior, and left alone. In 1952, a local winery, Jordan Wines, purchased it, and gave it back to the community. It was filled with agricultural tools and artisan's equipment, and turned into a museum, which opened in 1953. In 1997, the schoolhouse was painstakingly restored to look as it would have in 1908, complete with desks, dividing wall and separate girls and boys entrances.