I spent a lot of time here exploring, looking through all the
windows and doors, when I was through the owner drove up to see how the photos
were coming along. He looked as though he was well into his sixties, white hair
and very soft spoken, I apologized for trespassing, he said he didn’t mind at
all and that the old school house brought a lot of photographers to the area. “Old
school house?” I asked, “Yes, the Stewartsville School was over one hundred
years old, it taught school children through the 8th grade until
1934 when the old school house closed down,” he said sounding as though he has
repeated those exact words to many like myself. Since then it was bought by this
old gentleman who was eager to tell me
everything he knew about the old school house which was basically repeating the same information.....lol, I didn't mind and hung on his every word.It saddens me to know he now
uses it as storage. It’s a little heartbreaking to know that such a vital piece
of American history isn't being restored and by the looks of it will be falling
down probably sometime in the near future.
I didn’t add this to my Eugene story but when I brought up
the old school to Eugene he was so excited to tell me that his mother attended
the school.
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