[5] The Bridge School was listed as a Michigan State Historic Site on December 17, 1987.

The structure is a one-story, end-gable, solid red-brick, vernacular building with a tin roof.

The Bridge School was not the first educational facility built in the territory, as numerous private and religious institutions predated 1828, as did the University of Michigan, which was established 10 years earlier in Detroit.

On the centennial anniversary of the Bridge School in 1928, an obelisk was erected in front of the building.

The obelisk was constructed with stones that current students and past alumni brought for the celebration.

Shortly after in 1956, the board of education for Dundee Community Schools donated the unused building to the Monroe County Historical Society.

The Bridge School was recognized as a Michigan State Historic Site on December 17, 1987.