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L'il Red

            County Line School, Ottawa County, Kansas

As always with these landscapes, best viewed in lightbox, i.e., click on expand arrows at upper right.

As the name implies, it actually sits just a few meters east of the Lincoln County border--equidistant between the tiny towns of Beverly (pop. 135) and Tescott (pop. 265), just north of KS Hwy 18. I've passed by the place numerous times on my way to visit my sister in Lincoln, KS, and stopped on three separate occasions to take photos. I've always thought it a very attractive little building and I have no idea why someone hasn't turned it into a home. Unlike most of these old schools, this one has a full basement (tornados). At my last visit, a few years ago, the floors were still solid, but that won't be the case forever. Before too long, it will be dangerous to go inside due to the possibility of falling through the floor. The walls appear to be as solid as the day it was built, so a redo is very much a possibility.

I had scoured the internet for a name and other info years ago and came up empty, but just now I finally found that name and when it opened (1920) and the decade it closed (the 1960's). I found just one source so that info should be taken with a grain of salt, though the name seems a sure bet.

There is a road that passes just 20 meters or so in front of this school (which is the county line), but I decided to erase it to give it an even greater sense of isolation. The road is N. 310th Road, also known as "Linchell Road."

Once I used this as a site for a nude shoot. On this day, for obvious reasons, that was not an option.

Taken in: United States / Kansas / Beverly (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 2013

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Camera: Nikon D5100, f/13.0, 1/320 sec, 18mm (=27mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5100
Lens:	18.0-250.0 mm f/3.5-6.3
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	18mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.5.1 (Windows)
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