The simplified Federal style school building and nearby cemetery were named for the Holcomb family that resided in the area. Features include an embossed tin ceiling and blackboards in their original condition and decorative classical brickwork to represent dentils and cornice returns. The outer walls are slightly flared to allow rainwater to flow away from the river stone foundation. The school was in full operation until 1946 when, like many one-room country schools of the time, the doors closed to consolidation. Never converted to alternate uses, it remains virtually unchanged from its days of serving the small community.

School directors from Sutherland Ingersoll, a society dedicated to promoting education, spent $12.25 and purchased one-half acre of land in 1858.