The Middle District Schoolhouse on Route 111A was built in 1834 and furnished at the time with early double pine desks.  The seats were bench type.  The floor of the room was inclined from the back to the middle at an angle of twelve to fifteen degrees.  The room was well lighted by seven windows and had a fireplace on the outside for winter heat.  Somewhere along the line the fireplace was replaced with a pot-bellied stove.  Originally there was an attached woodshed and privy. 

    Upon completion of the building, a Reverend Sweet and another minister (both Methodist) laboring in the circuit, held a service dedicating the schoolhouse to the Giver of all good gifts.  Around 1940 it was voted at Town Meeting to put the building in condition.  This was done and then neglected for years.  It was deteriorating badly and through the efforts of the Community Service Project of the Danville Grange, it was restored completely.  At this time the chimney which was in a bad state of decay was removed.  The building was painted in the original red color with green shutters, which are secured on the inside.  Locks were put on the door and windows.  A rustic fence enclosed the building.  This restoration brought back one of the historic sites to Danville. 

    In the mid-1990’s the decaying fence was removed and in 1998 the Selectmen authorized the reshingling of the building with cedar shakes like the original had.  The first teacher in the school was Miss Levinia Sanborn, and the last, in 1901, was Miss Mabelle Warner.  For many years Frances Colby hosted the visit of the elementary school children studying the history of Danville.