Martin County Historical Society

Online Tour - School Room

Education was an important part of an area’s transition from frontier life to more civilized life. Thus the School Room is dedicated to showing the evolution of that vital area of society throughout the decades beginning with Fairmont’s very first teacher, Mrs. Lorraine Swearingen, who began teaching in 1860. The School Room features a large bookcase full of annuals from the county schools on its west wall while in the front of the room, the east section, we have a teacher’s desk display with items Martin County instructors used. The middle is dominated by our collection of historic desks gathered from some of the county’s “One Room Schoolhouses.” The North and South walls are filled with other artifacts such as band instruments, homecoming buttons, pictures, trophies, and many other things. We also have a display dedicated to renowned Fairmont football coach Tom Mahoney with memorabilia from his athletic career. The School Room will bring back memories of your own educational experience while teaching you about other eras of education!