Building [Wainui School House]; 1878; 1969.199

From

Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)

Name/Title

Building [Wainui School House]

About this object

The old Wainui school was built in 1878, only a year after the first Compulsory Education Act was passed. Before that, schools were run by missionaries, which may explain the similarity in design of early schools and churches.
This building has sash windows with moulded architraves and extra mouldings above the windows outside. Another interesting feature of the building is the covered ceiling. You can see the square that the chimney flue once passed through. There was very little equipment in the early schools beyond a blackboard and a few maps and books. As this school was built in Wainui, a kauri timber district of the North, the main building material used was kauri.

Date Made

1878

Place Made

Wainui

Subject and Association Keywords

1870s

Collection

Buildings and Structures/MOTAT Village

Credit Line

The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)

Object Type

Structures/01 Built Environment Artifacts/Nomenclature