The Richland Township area schools were consolidated into the Quakertown Community School System and the last of the area one-room rural schoolhouses were closed in 1957.  The Richland Historical Society purchased the Shelly School from the Richland Township Board of School Directors on September 29, 1959.  It was one of the nine one-room schools in the township. 

  The Shelly School is the meeting place of the Richland Historical Society.  The library and the museum are located in a separate building.  Meetings are held the third Tuesday of every month at 2 p.m.  Membership is extended to anyone, 16 and older.  

Officers: 

President:  Victor Stevens

Vice-President:  Edith Sigmans

Secretary:  Robert Leight

Treasurer:  Kathleen Fedorocsko

Curator:  Leonard Musselman

History of the Shelly School

     The society's annual homecoming is held in September. 

 Timeline

Richland Township School District

1734 – Richland Township received its charter

1834 – Free School Act was signed

1842 – California School was built and rebuilt in 1890

1873 – Rocky Ridge School was rebuilt, originally called Fellman’s School when built in 1853

1855 – Richlandtown School was built, in what is now Richlandtown

1856 – Shaws School was built

1867 – Scholls School was built

1858 – Tohickon School was built

1885 – Shelly School was built

1890 – Kauffman School was built

1890 – Richlandtown became a Borough

1891 – Wimmer School was built

1901 – Central School was built

1909 – Richlandtown four-room school was built to replace the Richlandtown School of 1855

1959 – Historical Society purchased Shelly School from the Richland Township School District