Gibraltar District School No. 2

The Gibraltar District School No. 2 is a historic one-room school on the Door Peninsula in the town of Gibraltar, Door County, Wisconsin, United States. Built in the 1860s to serve children in the village of Ephraim, it operated as a school for approximately eighty years before closing and being converted into a museum. It has been designated a historic site because of its place in the area's history.

Gibraltar District School No. 2
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Side of the school
Location9988 Moravia St., Ephraim, Wisconsin
Coordinates45°9′22″N 87°10′7″W
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1869 (1869)
MPSEphraim MRA
NRHP reference No.85001250
Added to NRHPJune 11, 1985

The school is now operated as the Pioneer Schoolhouse Museum by the Ephraim Historical Foundation.

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