Crestone Schoolhouse

A schoolhouse was often one of the first attempts of an early community to establish itself as a permanent settlement. The Crestone schoolhouse, part of the Crestone walking tour, will give you a real sense of community life around the turn of the 20th century. The originally board and batten structure housed grades 1-8 in 1880, and a second classroom and clapboard siding was added in 1901. It was an active school until 1949 after the school district was consolidated with Moffat. The schoolhouse was added to the National Historic Register in 1986 and is now used as a community center.