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Join the Leesport Area Historical Society today, and help us restore the West Leesport Schoolhouse.w.lees.sch2.jpg

Located on 128 Main Street in West Leesport is one of the county's few remaining 4-room schoolhouses.  The schoolhouse was built in 1858 as a two-room one-story schoolhouse which, in time, received a second story.  Classes were conducted here until Spring 1961.  Thereafter, it was used as a warehouse and then a meeting place for the Leesport Jaycees and Jacettes.

The late Edna Rickenbach, Professor of Sociology and Dean of Women at the Kutztown State Teachers’ College, proudly acknowledged that she was a graduate of West Leesport High School.  At that time, the high school was a 3rd class high school because classes were offered up to the 10th grade level.

 

 

 
  Announcements       
Future Speakers
Jan. - Michelle Geddio - The History of Ontelaunee Orchards
Feb. - Dr. Carl Constein - From Rhine To Penn's Woods
Mar. - Andy Kauffman - The Histroy of Baseball in Reading Pa.
Apr. - Catherine Holcombe - The Holcombe Farm (in family since 1860)  
   
  Meetings       
Next meeting is Monday January 25, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Our speaker for this evening will be Michelle Geddio speaking on "The History of Ontelaunee Orchards". She will begin speaking at approximately 8:30 pm following our meeting. As always there is no charge to here our speakers and the public is invited. You may attend both our meeting and the speaker, or if you choose you may come just to hear the speaker.  
General Info & Directions

We meet every fourth Monday at 7:30 PM with a program following the meeting.  Our meetings are held at Bethany Church on 308 Main Street in West Leesport.  There is plenty of parking behind the church, and our meetings are open to the public.

 
   




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