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Friday, September 28, 2012

Norwegian School House, Mid 19th Century



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19 comments:

  1. EdSeptember 28, 2012 at 10:27 AM

    Very nice photos, especially rendered in black and white. There must be a story here. It looks a little out of place. Was there a town here at one time? Is it now a historic park?

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    1. Taken For GrantedSeptember 28, 2012 at 10:39 AM

      It is in Oakwood State Park, but was the original location of a relay fort and breast works built by the U.S. Army in 1854. The original building, 60 x 30 feet, was dismantled for firewood in the 19th Century. This building, moved here in the early 20th Century was originally the first Norwegian school house build in Dakota Territory and dates from the mid-19th Century.

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  2. My name is RietSeptember 28, 2012 at 11:34 AM

    How nice this old school looks, I suppose there were not many children as it is so small.

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  3. joanca bsSeptember 28, 2012 at 1:34 PM

    Woow very nice shots
    greetings from my blog joanca

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2012 at 11:04 PM

    perfect subject for a black and white, kudos!

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  5. paulSeptember 29, 2012 at 3:44 AM

    Lovely textures in those old beams!

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  6. JaneSeptember 29, 2012 at 4:06 AM

    Very nice captures, thanks for the visit:)

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  7. AnnemorSeptember 29, 2012 at 4:13 AM

    That's a familiar sight.
    Love the photo in BW.
    Have a nice weekend :-)
    Mormor

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  8. SerlineSeptember 29, 2012 at 5:11 AM

    The building looked simple yet sturdy. Nice picture!

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  9. genieSeptember 29, 2012 at 7:47 AM

    We have a few old historical school houses in our county that look like this. This is a beauty and refuses to fall down. It is perfect in black and white.genie

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  10. LowellSeptember 29, 2012 at 8:35 AM

    Looks like a Norwegian school house. :-) I'm a Swede, btw!

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  11. DorothySeptember 29, 2012 at 10:06 AM

    How did you know it was a Norwegian school? Did it still smell like lutefisk?

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    1. Taken For GrantedSeptember 29, 2012 at 10:26 PM

      Dorothy, that's witty. I know it was original a Norwegian school because I read the sign in front of the building, but now that you mention it there might have been a faint oder of lutefisk.

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  12. WayneSeptember 29, 2012 at 3:09 PM

    The waviness of those old timbers make for a really interesting pattern. It make you wonder how it was remotely level, but it looks pretty good.

    The Dynaco amp I showed was not a kit however, I have a matching preamp that I built from a kit. It was a great project in Engineering school.

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    1. Taken For GrantedSeptember 29, 2012 at 10:14 PM

      Those beams were hand shaped to build this building about 1850. I assume they were level when originally built, but 160 years out in the weather will make some changes in wood.

      I built a number of Heath Kit amps back in the 1960s, and after some fiddling, they worked great. It was the only way I could afford to have a decent stereo system.

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  13. HansHBSeptember 29, 2012 at 4:07 PM

    Great photos, -perfect post in B&W!

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  14. JackSeptember 29, 2012 at 9:37 PM

    This looks like something from the 1930s. A good choice for monochrome.

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  15. DragonstarOctober 2, 2012 at 8:56 AM

    Excellent detail, and I loved reading the history!

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    1. Taken For GrantedOctober 2, 2012 at 10:27 AM

      Thank you. Perhaps I should have included the history in the original post rather than in answer to comments and questions.

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