in a lone star state now....
I finally got to visit an old schoolhouse I had been wanting see for a long time now....at the wrong time of the year of course.The overgrowth was blocking some of the old beauty,but the good thing was she was still standing.For some reason when this old school was closed(in the '50s likely) it was never purchased for use as a personal residence.It certainly has some interesting details.Now its ready for the bulldozer and a match. The chimney collapsed years ago and has now fell thru the rotting roof.The first floor is too unstable to walk on though I was able to walk thru the basement and admire the fine wood staircase that leads up to that rotting first floor.Inscription above the door says it was built in 1923...we'll see if the place is still around on its 100th birthday...
Title refers to the fact that the school lies in sparsely populated Texas Township in Dewitt Co. in central Illinois....
in a lone star state now....
I finally got to visit an old schoolhouse I had been wanting see for a long time now....at the wrong time of the year of course.The overgrowth was blocking some of the old beauty,but the good thing was she was still standing.For some reason when this old school was closed(in the '50s likely) it was never purchased for use as a personal residence.It certainly has some interesting details.Now its ready for the bulldozer and a match. The chimney collapsed years ago and has now fell thru the rotting roof.The first floor is too unstable to walk on though I was able to walk thru the basement and admire the fine wood staircase that leads up to that rotting first floor.Inscription above the door says it was built in 1923...we'll see if the place is still around on its 100th birthday...
Title refers to the fact that the school lies in sparsely populated Texas Township in Dewitt Co. in central Illinois....