[Leica] Schoolhouse in Butler Center

[Christopher Crawford]

Don,

It saddens me to see them used as garages and barns, they're always in bad shape when that happens. There are a lot of them around here that have been converted into houses, and they're all in nice condition, since people live in them. I know of one that has been turned into a church.

I don't think they'd work well as modern schools. There are just too many kids here. I was a teacher for Fort Wayne Community Schools for a few years. We had 40,000 students and 50 schools in our district! Can't imagine how many one-room schools would be needed to replace those 50 schools and house 40,000 kids. Keep in mind, too, that one-room schools only provided education up to 8th grade. We had six high schools that each had 1500-2000 students!

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Chris Crawford
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On 12/28/20, 4:51 PM, "LUG on behalf of Don Dory via LUG" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

    I'm glad that it hasn't been knocked down, but sad that the best use is as
    a garage.  In the Covid days maybe a one room school house would be perfect.
    
    On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 3:30 PM Christopher Crawford <
    chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
    
    > This is the front door of an abandoned one-room brick schoolhouse at
    > Butler Center, a rural crossroads in Dekalb County, Indiana.
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    > Chris Crawford
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    > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
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    Don
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