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A basement level held a kitchen, two storage areas, and a teacher's living quarters. The storage areas, about 6 by 11 feet (1.8 m × 3.4 m) in dimension, were used to store wood and to store coal, for use in heating the building, and were loaded from pickup trucks by access chutes.
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It was considered to be a large school, as it was 25 by 60 feet (7.6 m × 18.3 m) in plan with 10 feet (3.0 m) high ceilings, a basement, and an attic. The main floor's open space could be used as a single classroom if a moveable, wooden, folding partition was opened. The
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The school demonstrates features of post-1920s school design, including clustered windows on the south side of the building providing light coming in behind schoolchildren facing north.
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Around 1944, when wood stoves had been replaced by butane stoves and when plumbing was installed, the storage areas were converted into girls' and boys' restrooms.
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It is located off West County Road 80 about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Wellington, and about 12 miles (19 km) from the Wyoming state border.
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in the listing is a playground area holding surviving merry-go-round, swing set, teeter totter, slide and flagpole, on the south side of the building.
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partition, which has a door at each end, was used to separate older, upper grade students from younger, lower grade ones, when enrollment justified.
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It was built by contract-winner O.A. Decker at final cost of $ 4,983.17. An original small stable and two original privvies are no longer present.
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built in 1925. It was used as a school until 1960. It was listed on the
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Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, Rural schoolhouse
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which grew in its area, although they are rare in Colorado.
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Building and "Buckeye Community Center" sign in 2014
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Buckeye School is located in Colorado
Wellington, Colorado
40°49′35″N 105°05′34″W / 40.82639°N 105.09278°W / 40.82639; -105.09278 (Buckeye School)
MPS
Rural School Buildings in Colorado MPS
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Larimer County, Colorado
Wellington, Colorado
two-room schoolhouse
National Register of Historic Places
buckeye trees
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National Register of Historic Places
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"National Register of Historic Places Registration: Buckeye School / Buckeye Community Center / 5LR.11895"
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"Buckeye School"

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