School House Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 10/24/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

One of keizer's Points of Interest landmarks.

History of "The Old School"

Predating "The Old School" was a one-room schoolhouse built in 1878 on the corner of River Road and Chemawa Rd, which was then known as Spong’s Landing Road. This school was torn down in 1915 to make way for a larger school as the population of "Keizer" grew.

In 1916, "The Old School" was built. It had four rooms and a basement with two playrooms and a wood furnace under the stairs. They used just two of the four rooms for the 66 students.

By the mid-20's, all four rooms were in use. Each room had a blackboard, a picture of George Washington and a large school clock.

In 1939, a second building was added with four classrooms, health room, teacher’s lounge, kitchen, auditorium and principals office. The auditorium was also used for Community Club and 4-H meetings. 4-H was an important part of school and community life. Every student was a member of 4-H.

In 1948, they added ten more classrooms and then, in 1949, another five classrooms were added along with two storerooms and a teacher’s lounge. The basement now housed a music room and school library.

In 1955 they had to use the basement rooms for more classrooms. Effective on July 1st of that year, Keizer School District #88 and Salem School District # 24CJ merged.
By the 1980’s, the school complex was found to be obsolete and unsafe.

The Keizer Heritage Foundation, a non-profit corporation, formed on October 10, 1988. They negotiated to spare the school and move it to Fernwood Park, located just behind a new proposed shopping center.

By 1996 The Heritage Foundation negotiated with the City Council to have the school moved to City Hall property. Now, the Old School was prominently on display on Chemawa Road, just a few blocks from its original location. The people of Keizer and surrounding areas were now able to visualize a much-needed community center. The first tenants started moving in immediately and the Keizer Heritage Community Center was open for business on December 1, 1999.

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