SCHOOL HOUSE
ROCKFORD, OH
Part of the property where SchoolHouse Farms currently resides has been held continuously by Vaughn’s family since 1827. The history of the tools found on the property from nearly 10,000 years ago (the Early Ancient Period) intertwines closely with the rise of the maize (corn) industry in North America.
In 1939, as World War II began, the building ceased to be used as a schoolhouse and fell into disrepair. In 2010, restoration of the school house was undertaken, and the school is now used as a farm office and function hall for local gatherings.
THE MILL
SOMERSWORTH, NH
The Great Falls Manufacturing Company was incorporated on June 11, 1823, at the site of Gershom Horne’s gristmill, waterworks and land adjacent to the 100-foot waterfall on the Salmon Falls River. The mill sits on the New Hampshire side of the Salmon Falls River in the town of Somersworth, with Berwick, ME on the opposite bank.
Mill #1, from where SchoolHouse Farms operates, utilized over 1,500 spindles, making 7,000 yards of cotton cloth per day – all powered by water. Just across the feed water canal, Boston and Maine Railroad opened a union station in 1886-87. The canal, train station and operational tracks still exist to this day.
WHERE TO BUY
Our locations are not open to the public, but we encourage you to contact us to arrange purchase and local pickup. If not available, check out the locations below to find a store near you that carries SchoolHouse Farms.
Fiddlehead Farms Marketplace
- 451 High St, Somersworth, NH 03878
- Products Sold: Popcorn, Kernels, Oils, Grits, Cornmeal and Birdseed
Milan Center Feed and Grain
- 15402 Doty Rd, New Haven, IN 46774
- Products Sold: Black Oil Sunflower Birdseed and Popcorn
Second Crossing Brewery
- 142 N Main St, Rockford, OH 45882
- Products Sold: Kernels
Motor Inn Travel Plaza
- 10391 US-127, Mendon, OH 45862
- Products Sold: Kernels
Badwolfe Butcher + Deli
- 12 Sullivan St. Unit 101 Berwick, ME
- Products Sold: Kernels, Oil, Cornmeal and Grits, Honey, and Popcorn