The original Old Richmond School House built in 1896 was used from 1914-1924. This two-room wooden structure sat near Tobaccoville Road facing east. It was a consolidated school, replacing the schools at Tabernacle and Seward.

Children attended the school from grades one through seven. The smaller children attended class in the "little" room and the larger children in the "big" room. The rooms have the same dimensions but got these names from the size of the children. Cloakrooms are on each side of the front doors and former students remember putting their coats and lunchboxes there. Slate boards are under the transom windows with desks facing the boards and teachers' desks. There were two wood-burning stoves, a cooler with water, a bell on a skinned cedar post, and two privies behind the building.