The District 10 School is a one-room stone schoolhouse that was originally constructed in 1820 to serve the hamlet of Clark’s Factory, which later became known as Dunraven in the early 20th century. The first school at Dunraven, known as District #10, was constructed of wood in 1765 and burned sometime thereafter. The location of this early school is not known.

Although the stone building now stands alone on the remnants of a street, which is now a dead-end driveway, its site was once along the main road of the community of Dunraven. This road was once widely used, leading down to a covered bridge that crossed the Delaware River. During the nineteenth century, Clark's Factory was a thriving community, with a post office, store, blacksmith shop, sawmill and a number of residences and farms.

District 10 SchoolThe District 10 School is located along the north side of Route 28, approximately two miles southwest from the village of Margaretville. The school now serves as a local history museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places “as an intact representative example of a modest, one-room-plan nineteenth-century school building in rural Delaware County.”

District 10 School, Margaretville, New YorkThe District 10 School is located along the north side of Route 28, approximately two miles southwest from the village of Margaretville. The school now serves as a local history museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places “as an intact representative example of a modest, one-room-plan nineteenth-century school building in rural Delaware County.”

The school was constructed by local townspeople using local fieldstone. Among those who assisted with the construction were Colonel John Grant, Captain Asa Grant, John Van Wagoner, Noah Dimmick, Captain Avery Grant and Richard C. Griffin.

By 1857, the school had fallen into disrepair, was torn down, but was then rebuilt in 1860 at the same site and using the original stones. Those involved in construction of the 1860 school included Col. George W. Sands, Robert L. Waterbury, George and Alexander McLean, G. Frank Stimpson and Jake Clum.

In 1940, 120 years after its original construction, Margaretville schools were centralized and District 10 became a part of District 1. At that point, the site became the property of the Margaretville School District.

By the late 1940s New York City had acquired much of the land around what was to become the Pepacton Reservoir, including Dunraven, and the hamlet was destroyed. Interestingly, the District 10 School was the only structure left standing.

By good fortune, the land where the school was located had been donated by John and Anna Van Wagoner to the school district with a deed restriction that the property could only be used for educational or religious purposes by the school district or any subsequent owner. Despite several court challenges and voter referendums to either sell or destroy the school, it has remained standing.

The District 10 School is located along the north side of Route 28, approximately two miles southwest from the village of Margaretville. The school now serves as a local history museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places “as an intact representative example of a modest, one-room-plan nineteenth-century school building in rural Delaware County.”

District 10 School at Margaretville, New YorkThe District 10 School is located along the north side of Route 28, approximately two miles southwest from the village of Margaretville. The school now serves as a local history museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places “as an intact representative example of a modest, one-room-plan nineteenth-century school building in rural Delaware County.”

The District 10 School is located along the north side of Route 28, approximately two miles southwest from the village of Margaretville. The school now serves as a local history museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places “as an intact representative example of a modest, one-room-plan nineteenth-century school building in rural Delaware County.”