OLD SCHOOL OF THE DAY
Hinerville One Room Schoolhouse, District 15
28001 Hinerville Road
Alma, Kansas 66401
This historic one room Kansas schoolhouse is located at 28001 Hinerville Road, near Alma, Kansas, only 1/8 mile off I-70 on Highway 99. The first school was organized at Hinerville in 1869, and it 1898 when this school was constructed at the corner of Highway 99 and Hinerville Rd. The original owner was Leopolt Funk to whom it was deeded on 10/28/1879. A Warranty Deed was issued to School Board of District 15 on August 17, 1898. The building is a one-room schoolhouse built of native stone with gable roof and bell tower with pyramidal roof. There is a rear addition with hip roof. Roofs are composite shingles. It has original 2/2 Double Hung wood windows with hail screen storms. The one room has original light fixtures and wood floors. The front vestibule is flanked by two original cloak rooms. Slate chalkboards and the original school bell are present on the property.
The property also boasts a 32-foot windmill. The original 1903 Honduran mahogany Gabler piano and an Ajax Globe No. 21 potbelly stove are also on site. The tin ceiling was removed in 1950s. Some of the original window sashes are on site. There is an original beadboard ceiling; however, the metal ceiling tins have been removed. A small additional room may have been added at a later date. The building served as a school for grades 1-8 until 1952. It looks as if the building was used as a retail business most recently, having been Hinerville Gift and Garden, then Dragonfly Landscape Design until recently (ca. 2004). The windows were replaced in 2014. It is presently vacant and not in use, but future use is planned as a wedding venue after a renovation. The date “District 15 Hinerville 1898” is inscribed above the front entrance
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