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Plana School

Coordinates: 45°31′04″N 98°18′34″W / 45.517778°N 98.309444°W / 45.517778; -98.309444
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Plana School
Plana School in South Dakota
Plana School is located in South Dakota
Plana School
Plana School is located in the United States
Plana School
Nearest cityBath, South Dakota
Coordinates45°31′04″N 98°18′34″W / 45.517778°N 98.309444°W / 45.517778; -98.309444
Built1912
NRHP reference No.95000773[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 1995

The Plana School is a historic schoolhouse located in the Cambria Township in Brown County, South Dakota.

The school is a frame, one-story, two-room school in the Craftsman Style.[2] There is a contributing outhouse to the west side of the school and is a two-seater outhouse.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 1995.[2]

History

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The Plana School was constructed in 1912 and opened for the 1912–1913 school year and was the fourth frame schoolhouse in the district, with the Plana School being the only two-room school in the township.[2]

The first two teachers who taught at Plana School were Hazel Wolcott and Margaret Griffith, they taught a total of 35 students.[2]

The school closed in the 1960s when school districts consolidated in Brown County.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". United States Department of Interior National Park Service. May 23, 1995. Retrieved July 22, 2024.