Elsey School - Elsey MO USA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member MountainWoods
N 36° 51.327 W 093° 32.422
15S E 451829 N 4078973
A small school in the ghost town of Elsey north of Galena in Stone County, Missouri
Waymark Code: WMZBRX
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member MountainWoods
Views: 4

This school is on a road named for the school, namely Elsey School Road. A web search did not turn up much about this school, but a transcript from a 1927 booklet (web link below) indicates that Elsey was "a religious community with a good school and two substantial church buildings". It also lists a few of the businesses at the time.

In my experience, I have seen these old schools do one of the following:

  • become abandoned and decay into a pile of material
  • get repurposed into a community building or community center
  • become a workshop for a newer home built near it
  • get repurposed into a church (though many also served as churches as well as a school in their day)
  • get remodeled into a home
  • get burned down or otherwise destroyed
and a few other things. This one was remodeled into a private residence.

Address:
Elsey School Road
Galena, Missouri USA
65656


Web Site: [Web Link]

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