Mohawk Trail School
by Mike Falkner
The old Mohawk Trail School on Hamilton's west mountain is a prime example of a nineteenth century one-room Ontario schoolhouse. The school began life as S.S. # 5 Barton, built in 1882. It continued in operation serving area students in Hamilton classroom until as recently as1966. A newer school called Mohawk Trail School was built beside the one-room structure in the 1950s. That school as
since been demolished and replaced by housing.
*Courtesy of the Hamilton Educational Archives.
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