It all started with an evening at home, bored with TV and my book, roaming around on the internet browsing real estate finds. A jotted down address, a casual mention of it to Kevin with a reply of 'well lets go out and look'. An hour long Sunday drive, coming over the hill and around the curve past the lake, the disappointment in the house we were looking for and the moment the angels started singing and the sun came out when we looked down the road and both said 'What is THAT?" THAT was this, the Bass Lake Schoolhouse, inhabited as a school from 1904 – 1944. Currently searching for someone, us, to find it, love it, save it. This blog, then, is about that.
Here are a few pics from our first look at the schoolhouse. The kitchen was full of great furniture from the 50’s and 60’s, some earlier some later, and tons of dishes. Even the pantry was still stocked….
Some of the walls still have the original chalk boards and eraser holders…
and a solid washing system, if you don’t mind doing it outside.
Up above the dropped ceiling, we found the original tin tiles. Can’t wait to get the faux ceiling out of there and see it all.
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Thanks! It is going to be a great project, lots of fun, lots of hard work. It’s amazing to see the progress, but also to learn about who has been there before us through the things we find inside. Oh, the stories this place could tell!
This is amazing!! What a find! I can’t wait to see the progress you make. Oh how I’d love to be in your shoes!!