EST..1913.. THE OLD SCHOOL

I go to this place every year for the OLD time fair day,so this past Saturday was the day..I entered my zucchini jam,apple butter and apple sauce,and I won blue ribbons for all three..I was so thrilled..This is not like the huge fairs that most people go to,it has really dwindled over the years,But I still love to go..My favorite thing to do is the cake walk,I don't quit until I win me a cake...

Below are pics of the Pipe Organ that is in the Chapel(not to many of these around any more).The dining hall(called The Laurel House).

The original Creech cabin,This is where the Creech family lived when they donated the land for the school to be built.And the other small pic is the entrance..

These small pics I got from the schools web site(because I was so excited I forgot to take more)The rest of the pics of course are mine.....goodness...

This is the most wonderful place to visit..The school closed as a school in 1972,And it is now a Historic Land Mark..Schools from other states come to this place to stay for a week or so at a time.there was a hospital on the property and it has been changed into a dorm for the students parents and teachers to stay in when they visit..This was a grade school boarding school for many,many years also,grades one through eight.Some of the buildings burned down many many years ago..

The School was nearly self-sufficient. In addition to classroom facilities, the early School included a working farm with cows, chickens, sheep and hogs, gardens, print shop, sewing room, wood shop, and medical clinic. Folk songs and dances and the traditional skills of spinning and weaving were incorporated into the school curriculum. Before and after classes, students helped with the chores associated with the School's operation.

This is one of the administrators houses that they lived in when school was still held here..

This is the church that the students attended while boarding here...

Every year they have a live nativity sometime in the month of December,I try to go to that every year,It sure puts you in the holiday spirit if you aren't when you get there..

This is the old hospital that has been turned into the dorm,It has been remodeled a little bit,It is really nice but old.. This is the canning house,The staff and students would can the food that they grew( in the gardens on the property)for the school..this building is where they canned it..

And this one is where they stored all the canned food,see how it is almost completely under ground,It stays one temp year round,so it kept the canned food always cool. Pine Mountain Settlement School is a non-profit institution governed by a Board of Trustees. Pine Mountain's articles of incorporation state that the School "shall be dominated by a Christian spirit and influences, but entirely free of anything of a sectarian or denominational character."

This is a few of the things that was entered at the fair...

peaches,green beans,jams and jellies..

Pears and this thing is called a (cushaw) I don't know if it is just our name for it or if there is another name,but it is in the squash family.we cook it or bake it(after it is cut opened and cleaned)and we add butter,a little sugar and cinnamon..

When I go back out to the settlement school for our fall gathering potluck,I will have more pics to show you of the other parts of this wonderful place...If you would like to see more and learn more about this place go to http://www.pinemountainsettlementschool.com/

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