College’s out eternally at this rural establishment, however its doorways stay open to a purchaser.
An enormous Twentieth-century brick academy has been freshly renovated and is now having fun with a second life as a residential property.
This immense schoolhouse within the southeastern agricultural portion of Washington state’s Spokane County educated the realm’s kids from 1908, when it was constructed, till 1958, when its final class graduated. Now, the 15,880-square-foot behemoth is wanting not for co-eds however a house owner: It’s available on the market for $699,000 as a single-family residence.
“The historic Latah Schoolhouse has a wealthy historical past and you may really feel it whenever you stroll via the entrance doorways,” Skilled Realty Companies agent Connie Newman, who holds the itemizing, advised The Put up. “The renovation and conversion to a house was carried out thoughtfully and in a approach which preserved most of the historic options together with the unique 1908 chalkboard, the unique maple ground within the gymnasium and the unimaginable corbelled arches all through the house.”
Listed as a five-bedroom, six-bathroom property, the Latah Schoolhouse is without doubt one of the area’s “oldest, largest, and finest preserved rural brick schoolhouses,” in line with the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations. It boasts lofty, 12-foot ceilings and arches all through. Structurally, although, the constructing has been extensively up to date for residential use, and now options radiant ground warmth, and a brand new roof and sewer line.
Two former school rooms have been transformed into massive household rooms. There’s a 5-foot-wide ebony-finished staircase (in addition to two different staircases which can be nonetheless current, however result in nowhere however the ceiling). By means of a pair of French doorways, there’s that hooked up gymnasium, an higher gallery and a raised stage. The basement has a store area and a four-car storage.
The constructing is about on 1.43 landscaped acres, with beautiful views of the rolling Palouse hills simply past the property line.
Presently the construction is run by the nonprofit HRC Ministries — and is in use as transitional housing for trafficking victims.
“Situated about half-hour from each the Spokane Valley and the south finish of Lake Coeur d’Alene, this dwelling provides peaceable small city dwelling with a brief drive to conveniences and recreation,” concludes the itemizing, which made it onto Zillow Gone Wild.
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