“The Third” School House (S.S. #5) - Digital Archive

Biographical Info

“The Third” School House (School Section #5) on Concession 3, was built in 1868 on land donated by Alexander McKay. This fieldstone schoolhouse faces the road, and is one of the two school sections which is not part of a village or hamlet. Over the years, renovations have been done to the front entrance, including a concrete block added to the front area for washrooms, done in the mid-nineteenth century.

“The Third” closed in 1965 and became a private home, with the front entrance moving to the east side of the building instead of facing the road. The schoolhouse was sympathetically renovated in 2010, which re-installed a cedar-shake roof, restored the belfry, and covered the cement blocks at the front with horizontal wood siding.

The property is historically associated with education in Puslinch, as well as the farming community known as “The Third.”