Big Springs One Room Schoolhouse located in Douglas County, Kansas

Big Springs School is located in Big Springs, Kansas about halfway between Topeka and Lawrence on Highway 40. Big Springs is the oldest community in Douglas county and was originally a well watered camping spot on the Oregon trail.  I-70 was build over the springs and they no longer exist today.

The school is currently in the slow process of being renovated into a local community center.

While taking pictures, the caretaker came over and offered to give me a tour of the inside of the school.  While it looks larger than one room from the outside, it is actually one large classroom with a small kitchen area and large closet.  The school has a full basement which I think makes it look deceptively larger.

There is a small stage at the front of the building and hardwood floors.

I think it must have been very hard to study with large windows across the entire classroom looking outside towards the baseball diamond and playground.

Interesting light fixtures

I imagine many exciting ball games were played here in the past.

http://www.kansasheritage.us/orsh/library/BigSpringsDG.htm

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Buck Creek One Room Schoolhouse located in Jefferson County, Kansas

Buck Creek School, Former District #43, located in Jefferson County just off

24 Highway at Phillips Road & 13th Street

This is one of the most charming one room schoolhouses I have run across in my travels.

This former one room schoolhouse has been converted into a community center.

In 1883 the school had an attendance of 55 students. In 1898, 62 students

were present and in 1931, 24 students were registered at the school.

This unique school with its Italianate wooden entry tower is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

http://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/Jefferson_BuckCreekSchoolNR.pdf

http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=0

The school against a beautiful Kansas Sky

The Necessary House

Burnett One Room Schoolhouse, Douglas County, County Road 1045 & 24 Highway

Burnett One Room Schoolhouse located in Douglas County, just North of Lawrence, Kansas at County Road 1045 and 24 Highway

http://www.kansasheritage.org/orsh/library/burnetteDG.htm

Bourbon County, Garland, Kansas One Room Schoolhouse

This dilapitated one room schoolhouse is located near Garland, Kansas.

The nearest address to the schoolhouse is 2204 Fern Road, Fort Scott, Kansas 66701

The school is located about 8.5 miles south of Fort Scott, the closest intersection is US 69 Hwy. and County Road 56.  Coordinates are N 37 degrees 44.812, W 094 degrees, 42.267.

The schoolhouse is in very poor shape and surrounded by a fence.

With a zoom lens you can still see the bead board on the walls through a huge gaping hole in the side of the building. I have a phobia about looking inside empty buildings.  I think it is because once when peering inside an old building, I saw a dead coyote.  Traumatizing!

The bell tower has seen better days...

The sign above the door is unreadable. I would guess the school was turned into a store of some kind after it's school days were discontinued.

Bell Tower

Overgrown, but still picturesque, one room school.

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Green Elm School, District 41, One Room Schoolhouse in Crawford County, Kansas

Green Elm School, District 41, is currently located in Pittsburg, Kansas.  The nearest intersection is Broadway & US 160 North.  The nearest address is 659 S. Hwy. 69, Pittsburg, Kansas 66762.  Coordinates are N 37 degrees  25.964, West 94 degrees, 42.764.

The school has been relocated to this location,

 which is part of the Crawford County Historical Museum.

Green Elm School, District #41, 1885

School Bell

Crawford County Historical Museum.

The school has "outside facilities".

The school sits next to another old building, H.R. Brown Meats and Groceries.

I have a phobia about taking pictures into empty buildings.  As I was holding my camera up to the window, I felt movement around my feet and looked down...

I've heard of watch dogs...but watch snakes?

After seeing me, Mr. Snake slithered back up inside the red planks. Apparently, he is a strong believer in higher education.

Here's the only picture I took through the window before being interupted.

One Room Schoolhouse near Waterloo, Kansas, District107

This one room school is located at the corner of 390 Road and Hwy 99, about 5 miles North of Admire

http://kansasghosttowns.blogspot.com/2011/03/waterloo-kansas-kingman-county-ghost.html

One Room Schoolhouse located in Marion County, Kansas, District 34, 1896

This school is worth a visit.  The nearby town of Marion, Kansas is also worth an easy day trip from Wichita, Kansas City or Topeka.

This is the prettiest little school house I have ran across to date.  I was on my way to give a speech in Marion, Kansas, and stumbled acoss it. 

The school stands alone on the beautiful rolling Kansas Flint Hills.

I decided to experiment with some different photo techniques using a free online website named makeretro.com.  Some examples are located below: