School
Sponsorship
This website was founded in 2007
as my final project for my Master’s Degree in Education from Bowling Green
State University. The scope of the original project was limited to multi-room,
public schools in Ohio which have been demolished, abandoned, or closed and
reused for other purposes. Schools which are in danger of falling into one of
those three categories due to new school construction or other economical
reason have also been added to the site and marked endangered.
Many people have asked why
one-room schools, Catholic and other private schools, Normal Colleges and
Academies, and Functional schools are not on the site and there are two main
reasons:
1.
Money—The site is costly to maintain as so many images are taking up
over 20GB of space on my server. I simply cannot afford to keep adding pictures without limit.
2.
Time—I live in central Ohio and it is hard enough to keep up with all 88 counties
and their multi-room public schools which are demolished,
abandoned, closed, or endangered all on my own.
At the request of many fans of
the site, I have decided to start allowing people to sponsor a beloved
one-room, Catholic, or Functional school for a donation of $5.00. This
contribution helps support the site as well as the time it takes to maintain.
Anyone interested in sponsoring a one-room, Catholic, or Functional schools
should contact me at aaronturner@neo.rr.com
for more information.
Please be prepared to provide
your own picture(s) as well as the school name, location (exact address if
possible), year built, year closed (if applicable), year demolished (if
applicable), current use (if applicable). You will also be credited with the
sponsorship below the picture.
Example
|
Dunkle School (Wrightsel
School) 31303 Morgan
Road Elk Township Built: c. 1885 Closed: 1939 Restored: 2008 *Sponsored By: Sue Maxwell* |
