Lake City School

The story

Written by AI from this property's National Register nomination and the record above; every sentence is checked against its sources before it appears here. Corrections: privacy@treealive.com

Lake City School is a school building at 27586 Lake City Rd. in Lake City, Elk County, built in 1889 in a plain vernacular style, with no distinct architectural style noted in the nomination.

Why it's listed

It was listed under criteria A and C, with local significance in education and architecture, covering the period 1889 to 1942, when it served as the Spring Creek Township schoolhouse.

Physical character

The building rests on a sandstone foundation, with weatherboard walls under an asphalt roof that combines gambrel, gable, and pent sections. Its original siding was covered in asphalt shingles during the 1950s; those shingles were removed in 2004, when new wood siding was installed and then restored and painted. In 2001, a wood ramp and replacement window sash were added.

Historical context

The school district bought the building lot here in 1863, several years after Spring Creek Township was formed by separating from Ridgway Township in 1846. The school relocated to this site and expanded as it opened in the fall of 1889, then served Spring Creek Township students until 1942. By the time it was listed, the building was in use as a social meeting hall.