Florissant Schoolhouse

This beautifully preserved schoolhouse in Florissant, about 35 minutes west of Colorado Springs, was built in 1887. The small building to the right, just barely visible in this photo, was the teacher's quarters, and was built around 1907. The school closed in 1960. Both buildings have been lovingly restored and maintained, and are in use today as the headquarters of the Florissant Grange.

Here's a picture of the school as it appeared in its early years. As you can see, it still looks almost exactly the same, a century or more on.