Como School

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Como School
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Building labelled "Como Civic Center" in 2010
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LocationSpruce St., Como, Colorado
Coordinates 39°19′01″N105°53′48″W / 39.31694°N 105.89667°W / 39.31694; -105.89667 Coordinates: 39°19′01″N105°53′48″W / 39.31694°N 105.89667°W / 39.31694; -105.89667
Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built1883
MPS Rural School Buildings in Colorado MPS
NRHP reference No. 00000739 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 2000

The Como School, on Spruce St. in Como, Colorado, is a school complex its oldest building, a grade school with a belltower, built in 1883. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]

The grade school building is a wood-frame structure that was a one-room schoolhouse, serving students in grades one through four on one side of the aisle and grades five through eight on the other. [2]

The property also included a wood frame high school building which was moved to the property in the 1930s, two outhouses, and a storage shed. [2]

The school operated from 1883 to 1948. [3] In 2010 the grade school building was identified as the Como Civic Center. [4]

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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 R. Laurie Simmons; Thomas H. Simmons (February 25, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Como School / 5PA1223". National Park Service . Retrieved April 11, 2021. With accompanying 12 photos from 1998 to 2000
  3. "Como School". History Colorado. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  4. See photo.