A "mystery" country school in Forthun Township, North Dakota.
The State Historical Society of North Dakota has done an excellent job of documenting their past but there seems to be no record of this school ever existing. It's a mystery!
The building sits less than five miles south of the Saskatchewan/North Dakota border.
Forthun Township is thirty-six square miles of flat prairie farm land with a population of ten people, give or take.
Photographed on November 25, 2018.
Certainly not a traditional school design, given the lack of windows on the sides. Could it have been built initially for another purpose?
ReplyDeleteI've seen other schools in Montana and North Dakota that have a similar design but I've never seen one like this in Saskatchewan or Alberta.
DeleteNeat find! Perhaps I can make a trip across the border next year.
ReplyDeleteI have my fingers crossed!
DeleteI'm wondering too if it was actually a school. It looks as though it could have been a home at one time.
ReplyDeleteIt was a purpose-built school. They did things differently in the U.S.A.
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