Grugger’s Way

Here is a reader’s input:  A Retired School House.

This old school house in McKenzie County, North Dakota, is 100 years old. I think it looks to be in pretty darn good shape. Looks better than any of us do at 100!

I know that old, rural schools often close because of the lack of students, with so many families moving to the city. With modern transportation, families can live in the city and still work the farm; not like the horse and buggy days. I recall seeing old school photos with hitching rails out front (or back) for the students’ horses, which they rode to school, often two or three kids all mounted up bareback, kind of like a snow tobogan. I won’t say these were the “good old days” but this old building does bring back fond memories.
Some of the old school buildings were moved to other locations to nearby towns and found new life as restaurants, saloons, even boarding houses. We should recycle the things we can, and that means finding new uses for old buildings like this.

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