Old One Room Schools: Prairie Du Chein, WI

Origins

I grew up in a small Ohio town, and I rode the school bus from 1st through 12th grades. My bus ride always included a country road on which every school day we saw a one-room brick school house. (SW corner of Stine Rd and Enon-Xenia Pike). As the years went by, I watched this wonderful, familiar friend fall apart. After I married, the school really began to deteriorate. Every time we visited the area I would want to take a photo of the school, but never did. Finally, when we went specifically for the task, the school was gone. It was a huge loss for me and, since that time, whenever we pass a one-room school, it is a joy to stop to take a picture or two. Thus, our collection here and on our Iowa One Room Schools blog. :oD Jill

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Prairie Du Chein, WI

This monster probably had more than one room, but ya gotta admit, it is an interesting structure! We shot this school on 11/29/09. It is on US18 on the east side of town.

We visited this school again on 10/22/16. There is now a veterans' memorial in front of it, including with a tank! But I only photographed the school to post here to show the changes in 7 years.