Waterman School, Columbia County, Washington

• Main Author: Nelson, Carl Arthur
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Washington State Library
• Subjects: Rural schools; One-room schools; Historic buildings; Education; black-and-white photographs; Log Cabin; Waterman; Watson Lake
• Online Access: http://content.statelib.wa.gov/cdm/ref/collection/columbia/id/28

Waterman district school was organized in 1897 and built on land donated by C. H. Waterman. The school burned in 1921 and was rebuilt on land donated by Frank Robinson as the log cabin school house shown. It was bigger, better lighted, and had a stage. The school was the social center for box social...