How a Maryland couple turned a 1939 schoolhouse into a one-of-a-kind home NBC4 Washington [Video]

When Jean Sneed and her husband bought an old schoolhouse on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, it had no windows, a leaky roof and hallways flooded with an inch of water.

They bought the 1939 schoolhouse in Secretary, Maryland, in 1987 for $35,000.

Over the course of more than three decades, Jean and Carroll Sneed transformed the weathered schoolhouse into a one-of-a-kind home using thrift shop finds and antiques.

“We bought everything from a flea market or a yard sale because we never had any money … And we scavenged around for everything, and this is what it turned out to be,” Sneed, 85, said with a smile.

On a tour of the vibrant home with 12-foot ceilings, Sneed told News4 about the renovations and shared memories of her life with her husband, who died in 2018.