Can anyone help us learn how essential were platforms at the front of the schoolroom in early twentieth century schoolhouses? We're restoring a one-room...
Well, not to sound like a wise-guy or anything, and knowing the pitfalls of ADA; you are NOT RESTORING anything if you are going to make it look like something...
I agree that the platform should be made the way it was originally. Does the platform have to be located in the same spot in the room as the photo? Our...
The platform allowed the teacher and blackboard to be visible to students farther back in the room. The definition of pulpit is a "platform raised above the...
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Esther Carroll
lcarroll@...
Sep 7, 2007 12:16 am
In our research, the statement was made that the platform was found in the more elaborate schools, not all schools. I can't give you the source, but would be...
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dhavran@...
Sep 7, 2007 12:39 am
I am no expert. The one room school that I attended did not have a platform. The two one room schools where my older sister taught did not have platforms....
The school I'm restoring to 1913 has no platform. I'd say it was more common at that time to not have a platform. Julie ... From: Leslie Goddard To:...
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Dwight Tomes
d.tomes@...
Sep 7, 2007 1:51 am
I went to a one room school in Kentucky for the first five grades. It had a platform and it was tradition to have platforms in this region of Kentucky. Most...
Thanks to everyone for your thoughtful comments and great insights regarding the issue of platforms. I've got plenty here to take back to our committee. I so...
I agree. The school I taught in had no platform near the teacher. It simply had moveable small chairs. A platform was optional, according to the school board...
I just got an e-mail from a reporter wanting to know if there were any one-room school fighting to keep traditional landscape (farm fields, woods, prairie,...
Our deserted one room school was on a farm, and the farmer wanted to get rid of it. The local fire dept wanted to burn it for 'practice'. Because his mother...
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Esther Carroll
lcarroll@...
Oct 4, 2007 12:56 am
Similar story. West Virginia. "It's been moved" was the reason for not listing our building on the National Register. Schools were moved to the population....
Hi folks, Well relocation or moving doesn't have to be a reason for not listing a property. In Westfield Massachusetts we were able to get the farmhouse owned...
Are the dates set for next year's conference? Or a location? I am trying to get my calendar set for the summer and want to put CSAA on the docket. We have to...
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oneroom@yahoogroups.com
Oct 13, 2007 7:30 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the oneroom group. File :...
I'm not used to posting directly from yahoo, but I realized that you all might not know that "schoolmarm79" is Pam Stover. Sorry about that. I also uploaded...
Hi, Pam: Here is some information. We sent emails to several hundred people, but sometimes email goes into cyberspace. Oh well.. 8th Annual Country School...
Hi Everyone: Here's the preliminary information on the 2008 CSAA Conference to be held in Ohio. Suzanne Daniel and Nancy Hughes are planning a wonderful ...
Hi Susan I saw this posting and thought of the great experience I had this year in NH it was a wonderful conference!! Unfortunately I have committed to ALHFAM...
It's that time of year again. I'm about to send out invitations to join the listserv from the attendee list. I'm working off a list of addresses and I'm not...
I find more and more that people are contacting the CSAA for ideas to help them convince locals to "save" their schoolhouses. I'm preparing a Powerpoint...
Susan, I know several around here that have been moved or not and used for school programs and community programs. Conway MA spent several years first moving...
We're in the "almost there stage" of getting our schoolhouse in Mt. Prospect, IL moved. When it's done, we'd love to be added to the list! Deb Rittle Susan...
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oneroom@yahoogroups.com
Oct 19, 2007 9:23 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the oneroom group. File :...
Here's an article about the last one-room school in California. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/printstory.php?news=126131 Sarah Uthoff suthoff@......
Ozzy from Illinois sent this request to the CSAA for information. Possibly someone can offer him a lead or a way to research. "I took a one room school house...
Ozzie, Good for you to take an interest and try to keep a piece of history! Try your County Education Office. (now called Education Service Region) Sometimes...
Susan, How wonderful of you to present these successes. I look forward to more responses from others. Our Sholes School has been successful and was restored...
The Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance held their annual one-room school workshop on October 4-6, 2007 . The host organization this year was the Johnson...
