Coal Creek School - Meeker, CO - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"Coal Creek School is locally significant under Criterion A in the area of education from 1892-1948, for its association with providing an education to students of the Coal Creek area for 56 years. Additionally, the school is locally significant under Criterion A for social history from 1892-1964, having served as a gathering place for various community social functions and a polling place for over 70 years. Furthermore, the school is locally significant under Criterion C for architecture in 1892, as a good example of a modest Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movement style building as applied to a rural school building. Finally, the school property is locally significant under Criterion D for non-aboriginal historic archaeology for its potential to yield information important to history due to buried deposits associated with the privy/coal storage building and the horse shed. Coal Creek School is an excellent example of a one-room rural schoolhouse built in the late nineteenth century and meets the registration requirements of the Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF) Rural School Buildings in Colorado.6 It served not only for the education of the nearby students but as the focus of community life and a gathering point for various social and community events that drew people from beyond its school district." (from (visit link) )

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"The 1892 Coal Creek School is a good example of a one-room rural schoolhouse that has also served as a community gathering space and polling place for several decades. The coal shed/privy and horse shed remain on the property. Although the original cupola was removed in 1948 when classes were discontinued, the school is still recognizable as such and meets the registration requirements of the Rural School Buildings in Colorado Multiple Property Documentation Form. More information (http://legacy.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/NRSR/5RB3575.pdf)." (from (visit link) )

Street address: 617 County Road 6 Meeker, CO USA 81641 County / Borough / Parish: Rio Blanco Year listed: 2014 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Education, Architecture, Social History, Historic Archaeology - Non-aboriginal Periods of significance: 1892-1950 Historic function: Education Current function: Education Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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