Richland Township
School District

Historical Timeline

1731 — Richland Township received its charter.

1834 — Free School Act was signed.

1842 — California School was built and rebuilt in 1890.

1853 — Fellman’s School was built.

1855 — Richlandtown School was built, in what is now Richlandtown.

1856 — Shaws School was built.

1858 — Tohickon School was built.

1867 — Scholls School was built.

1873 — Fellman’s school was rebuilt and renamed Rocky Ridge School.

1885 — Shelly School was built.

1890 — Kauffman School was built and Richlandtown became a Borough.

1891 — Wimmer School was built.

1901 — Central School was built.

1909 — Richlandtown Four-Room School is built and replaces the 1855 Richlandtown School.

1957 — The Richland Township area schools were consolidated into the Quakertown Community School System and the last of the area's one-room rural schoolhouses were closed.

1959 — The Richland Historical Society purchased the 1885 Shelly School from the Richland Township School District. The Shelly School is the meeting place of the Richland Historical Society. The library and the museum are located in a separate building. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month at 2 p.m. Membership is extended to anyone 16 and older.