:: First
Coconut Grove Schoolhouse
3429 Devon Road
Year Built: 1887
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Date Designated: 1983
a. This simple, board-and-batten, one-room, Frame Vernacular building
was constructed in 1887 as a Sunday school for Coconut Grove pioneers.
The School Board rented the building in 1889 for use as Coconut Grove's
first public school. The schoolhouse was moved to the grounds of Plymouth
Congregational Church in 1970.The First Coconut Grove Schoolhouse was
listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
b. Historic photograph of the First Coconut Grove Schoolhouse, circa
1920.
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