Como School
The Como School, on Spruce St. in Como, Colorado, is a school complex its oldest building, a grade school with a belltower, built in 1883. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
The grade school building is a wood-frame structure that was a one-room schoolhouse, serving students in grades one through four on one side of the aisle and grades five through eight on the other.
The property also included a wood frame high school building which was moved to the property in the 1930s, two outhouses, and a storage shed.
The school operated from 1883 to 1948. In 2010 the grade school building was identified as the Como Civic Center.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ R. Laurie Simmons; Thomas H. Simmons (February 25, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Como School / 5PA1223". National Park Service. Retrieved April 11, 2021. With accompanying 12 photos from 1998 to 2000
- ^ "Como School". History Colorado. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
- ^ See photo.