Bunce School

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Bunce School
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LocationCO 7 south of Allenspark, Allenspark, Colorado
Coordinates 40°10′23″N105°28′09″W / 40.17292°N 105.46905°W / 40.17292; -105.46905 Coordinates: 40°10′23″N105°28′09″W / 40.17292°N 105.46905°W / 40.17292; -105.46905
Arealess than one acre
Built1888
Built byV.H. Rowley and J.H. Bunce
NRHP reference No. 86001109 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 22, 1986

The Bunce School, near Allenspark, Colorado near the Continental Divide in Boulder County, Colorado, is a historic one-room schoolhouse built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]

It is a 25 by 17 feet (7.6 m × 5.2 m) log building built upon stone piers. It was built by V.H. Rowley and J.H. Bunce. [2]

When listed, it was one of only two surviving log rural schoolhouses in Boulder County. [3] In 2013, it was asserted to be the only surviving log schoolhouse in the county. [4]

A second contributing building on the property is an outhouse. [2]

It is located off Colorado State Highway 7 about 3.8 miles (6.1 km) south of Allenspark. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Bruce N. Kester (December 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bunce School". National Park Service . Retrieved October 19, 2021. With accompanying four photos from 1985
  3. "Bunce School". History Colorado.
  4. Kenneth Jessen. "Bunce School helped educate early Rocky Mountain National Park ranger Jack Moomaw". Loveland Reporter-Herald . Retrieved October 19, 2021.