GLEN WILLIAMS Public School
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History
The village of Glen Williams is believed to have established a school in 1830. The early schools were usually in the home of one of the families involved. As the number of scholars rose (a fee was payable) the need for a separate building arose. A small frame and plaster building, which still stands east of 6 Prince Street, is believed to have been built as the school house in 1837. In 1840 John Colling was the school teacher.
In 1842, Esquesing Township divided the Township into 15 school sections (SS#16 and #17 were added later). Glen Williams became the centre for Section 11. On 26 February 1873, Charles Williams sold the Trustees of School Section #11 land half-way up Prince Street, on which they erected a two-room, brick school house. William Ewart was the school teacher. Theophilus Norton served as the senior teacher from 1876 until 1900. The Glen Williams School Board joined the Esquesing School Board about 1949, ending the use of section numbers. The growing number of children in the village prompted Trustees to authorize the construction of a third classroom addition. Construction began in the spring of 1949. On Monday 11 July, while two workmen were on the site of the excavation, the senior room wall collapsed into a pile of rubble. A hastily convened Board meeting was called, and it was decided to build a new school building. Consequently, a new school was built in 1950 at 512 Main Street, where the school operates today. The original school property at Lot 69 was sold on 23 October 1951 to Herbert and Catherine Hancock.
