one-room school

January 16, 2021

USGS topographic maps are like a portal to the past. If you’ve never poured over one, examining the names of long-vanished communities, meandering creeks, and local landmarks like churches, schools, and cemeteries, then you’re missing out on a free and fun form of entertainment (in my opinion at least). I was scouting out such a (read more)

Categories: Lawrence County, Schools

Tags: historic schools, Kentucky one-room schools, Louisa KY, one-room school

October 12, 2020

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Grayson County School Board embarked on an ambitious school building campaign across the west-central Kentucky county. Around 100 one-room schools were ultimately constructed, serving schoolchildren in scattered, small, rural communities. One of the survivors is the one-story, 30-foot long Walnut Grove School, built in 1911. Since my (read more)

Categories: Grayson County, Schools

Tags: Kentucky one-room schools, one-room school

January 19, 2017

The recent spate of rain drenching the Bluegrass has not only made my backyard soggy, but reminded me how frustrating rain can be when you are out in a downpour, trying to photograph historic resources. (Not that I will ever complain about the rain – as a farmer’s daughter, I know better.) Spring rains a (read more)

Categories: Abandoned Kentucky, Casey County, Historic architecture, Historic Preservation, Kentucky architecture, Kentucky history, Schools, Vernacular architecture

Tags: abandoned, Casey County, one-room school, Rural schools

My Old Kentucky Home School, Lawrence County, Kentucky

Walnut Grove School, Grayson County, Kentucky

Rain Swept and Abandoned: The Rocky Ford School, Casey County, Kentucky

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