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MANETTO HILL SCHOOL

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Education
Location
55 Manetto Hill Rd, Plainview, NY 11803, USA
Lat/Long
40.779425, -73.468543
Grant Recipient
Mid Island Y JCC
Historic Marker

MANETTO HILL SCHOOL

Inscription

MANETTO HILL SCHOOL
FIRST SCHOOL EST. CA 1820.
THIS TWO-ROOM BUILDING,
BUILT 1899, WAS PLAINVIEW’S
ONLY SCHOOL UNTIL 1951.
CLASS HELD HERE UNTIL 1960.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2020

The school districts in the Town of Plainview were established in 1814. The town’s first school building was erected soon after on a site at Manetto Hill. The building served as the town school until 1899, when it was replaced with a two-room school building that, as of 2020, still stands.