This unique & historic home, the former Old Bennington Schoolhouse, isn't your grandmother's one-room school.  The original building, which dates back to 1881, has high ceilings, tall windows, wainscot walls, hardwood floors, a huge living room, a small kitchen and bathroom, & a stage that's closed off with French doors to make it a bedroom.  It also has a very bright room on the lower level with four windows & a slate floor that could be used as an office, a sewing room, an art studio, or another bedroom.  The modern addition put on in 1999 has a large bedroom with a huge Palladian window that looks out onto the similar Palladian windows of the Old First Church just up the street.  The view of the church from the bedroom is particularly stunning when the church is lighted up on winter nights.  It also has a large bath and a very large combination kitchen & family room. The one-acre yard has lush gardens, a bluestone patio, stone walls, granite birdbaths, and peach, pear, plum and cherry trees & ten apple trees. It has views of the Battle Monument & Mount Anthony, & the eastern border is a small brook.  The amenities include a "Defiant" wood stove, a gas fireplace, ceiling fans, a whirlpool bath, & built-in cabinets and bookcases. It's surrounded by quality properties, including the 18th century home of former Governor Isaac Tichenor & the Four Chimneys Inn, as well as the Bennington Museum & the Old First Church, which includes the grave of Robert Frost.