The Knearl School, at 314 S. Clayton St. in Brush, Colorado, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1] It is a red brick one-story building, about 58 by 30 feet (17.7 m × 9.1 m) in plan, built in 1911. It was used as a school until 1971.[2]
Knearl School | |
 School in 2012, with sign identifying it as "Brush Area Museum and Cultural Center" | |
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| Location | 314 S. Clayton St., Brush, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 40°15′02″N 103°37′23″W / 40.25056°N 103.62306°W |
| Area | 1.9 acres (0.77 ha) |
| Architectural style | Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000017[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 31, 1997 |
The school served about 100 students each year, usually in just grades 1 to 3, in years before 1964, when students had dropped to around 30 in total. It largely served the sugar beet farming workforce, which grew rapidly to staff a new facility in Brush opened by the Great Western Sugar Company.[3][2]
It was named for William Knearl, a business leader and president of the school board, who donated the land for the school.[3]
It is the first stop in a walking tour of Brush's historic sites, whose brochure notes that it became the Brush Area Museum and Cultural Center in 2005.[4][3]
A 1999 study, the "Rural School Buildings in Colorado Multiple Property Submission" set standards for historic registration of schools like this.[5]
See also
edit- Lincoln School (Fort Morgan, Colorado), of similar appearance, also NRHP-listed in Morgan County
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Wayne Carlson (August 20, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Knearl School / 5MR627". National Park Service. Retrieved April 15, 2021. With accompanying four photos from 1996 and one from c.1912
- ^ a b c "Stepping back in time: Knearl School". Brush News-Tribune. August 4, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
- ^ "Downtown Brush Historic Walking Tour" (PDF). Brush Historic Preservation Board. 2015.
- ^ Suzanne Doggett; Holly Wilson (March 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Rural School Buildings in Colorado". National Park Service. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
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