Zimmerman School

17901 Carter Road, Bowling Green, Ohio

          Located north of Bowling Green at the intersection of 

                               Nelson and Carter Roads.

Zimmerman School is a one room schoolhouse built in 1892.  Over time the school had become run down and virtually ruined, until the late John Zimmerman, who's mother and grandmother had taught at the school, bought it and lovingly restored the structure to it's original form.  Renovations not only included the exterior of the historic building, but the interior as well, right down to the authentic period furnishings. 

In 1992, the Park District sponsored a centennial celebration, offering the public the opportunity to see the school first hand, complete with presentations by people in period costumes telling tales of the school in it's prime.  The opening was a huge success, with all in attendance thoroughly enthused at the prospects of the Zimmerman One Room School.  The following year, John Zimmerman's wife, Eleanor, donated the school to the Wood County Park District.

The Wood CountyPark District in cooperation with the Wood County Board of Education developed a living history program.  Educators are provided a curriculum that allow their students to step back in time and experience a day in the life of a student in 1892. 

Teachers who would like to reserve the school for their classrooms should call Park District Headquarters at (419) 353-1897.