The Bunce School, near Allenspark, Colorado near the Continental Divide in Boulder County, Colorado, is a historic one-room schoolhouse built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
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| Location | CO 7 south of Allenspark, Allenspark, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 40°10′23″N 105°28′09″W / 40.17292°N 105.46905°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1888 |
| Built by | V.H. Rowley and J.H. Bunce |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001109[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 22, 1986 |
It is a 25 by 17 feet (7.6 m × 5.2 m) log building built upon stone piers. It was built by V.H. Rowley and J.H. Bunce.[2]
When listed, it was one of only two surviving log rural schoolhouses in Boulder County.[3] In 2013, it was asserted to be the only surviving log schoolhouse in the county.[4]
A second contributing building on the property is an outhouse.[2]
It is located off Colorado State Highway 7 about 3.8 miles (6.1 km) south of Allenspark.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c Bruce N. Kester (December 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bunce School". National Park Service. Retrieved October 19, 2021. With accompanying four photos from 1985
- ^ "Bunce School". History Colorado.
- ^ Kenneth Jessen. "Bunce School helped educate early Rocky Mountain National Park ranger Jack Moomaw". Loveland Reporter-Herald. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
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