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Three Sisters Schoolhouse
Written By: Mary Jane McCall | Issue: 2018/11 - November
The newest addition to the historic grounds of the Cashiers Historical Society’s Zachary-Tolbert House is an historic schoolhouse that had been on High Hampton Country Club’s property since 1890. The school was originally built for the children of Cashiers by Wade Hampton III, and was staffed by his three sisters. For many years this small schoolhouse was the hub of the community’s educational needs, as well as a community gathering place.
The country club is in the process of expanding their golf course and the historic schoolhouse was unfortunately in the way of their expansion. Realizing the need to preserve such an important piece of history, High Hampton immediately approached the Historical Society about saving this historic building in early July, and by late August the move to the Historical Society’s grounds had been completed.
The Historical Society is in the process of building its permanent foundation and undertaking the painstaking work of preserving it properly. CHS hopes to have much of the restoration completed by early spring and have the schoolhouse open to the public by then. The school is located off one of the society’s nature paths so that visitors can recreate the experience of walking to school as their forefathers did in the 1890s.
Donations for the restoration project are welcomed, so anyone who’d like to donate and support the schoolhouse restoration and preservation project should send their donations to the Cashiers Historical Society at PO Box 104, Cashiers NC 28717 or by visiting cashiershistoricalsociety.org.
