New Photographs of an Abandoned One Room Prairie Schoolhouse

Photographer Keith Dotson has released a new set of medium format photographs of a prairie schoolhouse

Photographer Keith Dotson has released a new set of photographs that includes panoramas and standard format photographs made with high-resolution cameras that enable very large museum-quality prints.

This single-room County Line School served rural students from its isolated location amidst the farm fields of Ottawa County, Kansas.

A historical marker from the Ottawa County Historical Museum on the site dates the school from 1887-1945. However, many sources online claim this particular building was built in 1920 and operated until the 1960s.

The sturdy red brick school included a basement that provided shelter in case of tornadoes, but now acts as a roost for swallows and pigeons.

Black and white photograph of an abandoned one-room schoolhouse built 1920 on the broad prairie of Kansas, shot in wide 16 x 9 panoramic format.County Line Schoolhouse in Kansas - Black and White Panorama Photograph by Keith Dotson. Buy a print here.Black and white photograph of a red brick one-room schoolhouse built in 1920 that stands abandoned along an unpaved country road in the wide open Kansas prairie.This black and white photograph of the County Line Schoolhouse in Kansas is available in sizes from 9 x 12-inches to 60 x 80-inches. Click here to buy a print.

Black and white photograph of the interior of the abandoned one-room County Line Schoolhouse built in 1920 and closed in the 1960s on the wide Kansas prairie.Ramshackle interior of the County Line School, black and white photograph by Keith Dotson. Buy a print here.

Black and white photograph of a big salsify dandelion plant growing in the tall grass surrounding an abandoned one-room schoolhouse on the American prairie.Photograph of a large salsify dandelion plant in the grass near the County Line Schoolhouse in Kansas. Buy a print here.

Black and white panoramic landscape photograph of a red brick one-room schoolhouse built in 1920 that still stands stoically along an unpaved country road in the wide open Kansas prairie.

Panoramic landscape photograph of the Kansas prairie landscape with a gravel road leading past the County Line Schoolhouse on the horizon. Wide format prints available here.

See all of Keith Dotson's photographs of Kansas here

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