Location: 42.40746, -83.55004, at 51370 Six Mile Rd, Northville, MI.

Thayer School (Fractional School District No 1, Plymouth & Salem) was built in 1877 in the Italianate-style, and was under restoration when I visited in November of 2017. The school is made of white and yellow brick, and features 9 large arched windows with projecting brick arches above them, and two front doors, one on either side of a projected cloakroom. All of the windows and doors are boarded up. Quite fancy and heavy wooden corbels support the eaves of the roof, and the school is built on a fieldstone foundation. There is no bell tower nor school bell. I hope this schoolhouse will be restored properly, since it could again be quite a beautiful building, exhibiting many of the architectural features I like most in the old brick Michigan schoolhouses. The design of this school looks similar to Capitol Hill School, Monterey Center School, Maple Ridge School, McKinley School, Old Stone School, Salisbury School and Bell Tower School.

                        

I revisited the schoolhouse in July of 2026 and found that significant progress has been made in its restoration. The brick had apparently been painted yellow and white, since it's now entirely red brick, having presumably been sandblasted. The roof has been replaced with a new cedar shingle roof. There is now a bell tower with a bell inside, replicating the historic bell tower. Most windows have been re-installed, and the 3rd photo below was taken through one of them, revealing blackboards still inside the school and an old school desk. The schoolhouse is intended to become a meeting location for groups when the restoration is completed. Way to go, Northville Township!