The Schoolhouse, built initially as a slave cabin, was later repurposed as the kitchen for the overseer's house. It was used as a schoolhouse from the late 1800s until the 1930s. At that time, some plantation owners would send their children to private or parochial academies for education, while others hired tutors to teach their children. These tutors would often lead the children of the plantation overseer and neighbouring yeoman farmers for a fee. The Schoolhouse was moved to the Rural Life Museum from Welham Plantation in 1971.