This abandoned schoolhouse in Kansas was once a place of learning and play. It’s easy to imagine all the lessons and friendships that must have unfolded here.
Read on to learn more about the site, and check out the stunning images photographer Dan Turner Joo captured at this decaying elementary school.
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The twelve-room schoolhouse catered to elementary school children until 1920, when a kindergarten was added to the school.
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However, by 1939 the school was considered too small for the area’s growing population.
The schoolhouse became a center for higher education and college classes, receiving a remodel to help accommodate its new students.
When WWII veterans began returning from overseas, the school helped the soldiers readjust to their new lives as civilians.
You can still see remnants of religious lessons on the chalkboards.
This massive pile of toothbrushes suggests a devotion to oral hygiene.
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