Primary elevation looking east of the Pomeroy School, Morden, 2011.
Photo: Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 2011
- Built
- 1909
- Recognized
- 2009
- By
- Local government
The register’s text, word for word
Description
Originally called Newton School and renamed in 1950, Pomeroy School is a small, one-room, one-storey wood frame school, since 1974 standing as part of the Pembina Threshermen's Museum, located on the south side of Highway 3 between Morden and Winkler in the R.M. of Stanley. It is part of a collection that includes seven other historic buildings from the area. The municipal designation applies to the building and its footprint.
Heritage value
Pomeroy
School (1909) is valued as a rare surviving example of the early attempts by the Department of Education to provide a standard one-room school design in Manitoba. Three schemes were commissioned in 1903 from noted Winnipeg architect Samuel Hooper (later to become the Provincial Architect); Pomeroy School was based on Hooper's No. 2 design. These standardized designs were based on up-to-date theories of education, and represented an effort by the Province to help ensure that every child had equal opportunity to learn. Where there were once over 1,000 one-room schoolhouses in Manitoba, perhaps 100 still stand, and many of these have been repurposed as granaries, sheds, etc. Like this one, many have also been moved from their original sites. Originally in the Pomeroy District near Roland, the school building, still retains most original features such as the cladding material, windows and basic form, and many interior details.
SourceR.M. of Stanley By-law No. 8-09, 6 August 2009.
Character‑defining elements
Key elements that define the exterior heritage character of Pomeroy School include:
- the basic symmetrical massing,
consisting of a simple rectangular plan with smaller central open porch
- the single storey with medium
pitched gable roof
- the symmetrical organization of the main facade, including the openings: four tall
wood sash windows with transoms on the north side; two high horizontal ventilating windows on the south side; and two tall sash windows with transoms on the west side and two sash windows without transoms on the east facade, all windows of wood with simple glazing bars, casings and sills; the six-panelled solid wood front door; the wood storm windows
- the wood clapboard siding
Key elements that define the school's interior include:
- the plan consisting of a vestibule with narrow cloak room to the right
of the front door, and the small teacher's storage and cloak room, with built-in bookcases at either end, opening off the single large school room
- the unpainted interior woodwork with dark varnished finish,
beadboard wainscoting; simple mouldings surrounding the door and window openings; four-panelled interior doors with transoms and the high ceiling of painted beadboard and unpainted wood floor
- the blackboards
End of the register’s text
Location
Morden, Manitoba, Canada
49.19070° N, 98.01530° W
Get directions (opens in a new tab)Being on the register doesn’t make a place open to visitors. Many are private homes or businesses; please view them from the street.
Loading map…
Nearby
All 10 places in Morden
Similar places
Places whose register descriptions are closest to this one.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, as last updated on December 12, 2025. The register’s text is shown word for word.