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.

The current Old Richmond building was completed on September 21, 1978 and dedicated on Sunday, October 22, 1978.  The new building has 24 classrooms, a media center, gymnasium, cafeteria, office, teacher preparation rooms, restrooms, conference rooms and a first aid room.  Attached to the new building by a covered walkway are six classrooms that were built in the late fifties.

The original gym still stands and will continue to be a integral part in the physical education program for students.  The old two-room school house also still stands on the property.  From 1948-1976 the principal at Old Richmond, John Wood, lived in the old school-house.  During that time the superintendent wanted to start a new plan of having principals live on the school grounds.

In 1980 renovation of the old schoolhouse was completed "so that children of today and tomorrow can get an idea of what schools were like in the past" (Kay Gambrell, former principal). Renovations included painting, refinishing the floors, patching holes and removing all traces of electricity and modern heating - things that were installed long after the building ceased to be used as a school.  School equipment dating from the 1920s was brought in, including old-fashioned desks, a pot-bellied stove and slate boards.