Central Schoolhouse District #49  Intersection of Ritchey and Found Mound

HISTORIC NAME	Central Schoolhouse District #49
COMMON NAME	Central Schoolhouse District #49
DATE BUILT	1900
ARCHITECT/BUILDER	R.C. Tapley & J.M. Starkey Builders
PROPERTY STYLE
ON THE SPOKANE REGISTER	yes 7/17/1991
ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER	yes 6/22/1992
IN A DISTRICT	yes 10/13/1992
DISTRICT	no
NEIGHBORHOOD	n/a

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

This one-room schoolhouse has served as a focal point for both educational and social activities in northwest Spokane County since the turn of the twentieth century.  When it was built by R. Tapley and J. Starkey in 1900 there were a number of other one-room schoolhouses in the area; only this one remains.  It served as a school continuously up to 1956when students at Central School were consolidated with those at Reardan.  The Coulee Township acquired the building in 1958 for use as a meeting house.  It remains a center for community gatherings and events.

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Last Date Modified: December 15, 2005