Creamery School

The school pictured below was known as the original Skippack School/Creamery School. This school was built in 1913 and was in use until 1982 when it was closed by the Perkiomen Valley School District. This school was not the original school on this land though.

Creamery School in 2004

In 1882, Skippack Township School District had seven schools, Cassel's, Creamery, Markley's, Meetinghouse, Scholl's, Skippackville, and Zeigler's. Meetinghouse was the most well-known because Christopher Dock taught there. Creamery was the biggest though. The Creamery School was originally an animal barn for the Grater Farm that was made into a one room schoolhouse.

In 1912, the wood-framed animal-barn-turned-schoolhouse was torn down to make way for a brand new building. In 1913, a new brick building was erected and took on the new name of the Skippack School. The Skippack School was also a one room schoolhouse for grades one through eight, the same as the Creamery School. In 1937, the school was renovated and added onto due to the closing of Markley's, Skippackville, Cassel's, Meetinghouse, Scholl's and Zeigler's Schools. The last addition was made in 1967 with Michael Friedberg as principal. Friedberg was principal until the closing of the school in June of 1982. After the closing of the school, the bell tower was removed. One can still see the indent in the roof as you drive by.

Currently, the Skippack School is known as the 4-H Center. Penn State University rents out rooms in the 4-H Center. There are also many clubs that meet here on a daily basis.

Researched and written by Nick Fountain
President of the Skippack Historical Society (2007 & 2008)