Elo School
Elo School | |
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  Location within Idaho  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Southeast of State Highway 55 on Farm to Market Rd., near McCall in Valley County, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 44°53′10″N 116°3′34″W / 44.88611°N 116.05944°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1906 |
| Built by | Pekkala, Abram |
| MPS | Long Valley Finnish Structures TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 82002515[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 26, 1982 |
The Elo School is a historic school built in 1906 and expanded in 1915. It is a 24 by 64 feet (7.3 m × 19.5 m) building with an enclosed porch and a bell tower. It was named for Reverend John William Eloheimo, a Finnish Evangelical minister, and his daughter Eva Eloheimo was one of its first teachers. The original 1906 structure was built for $612 by Abram Pekkala; the expansion was by Finnish carpenters John Heikkila and John Ruuska. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
The NRHP listing includes a 25 by 25 feet (7.6 m × 7.6 m) teacher's cottage located behind the school.[2]
It is located southeast of State Highway 55 on Farm to Market Rd., in or near McCall, in Valley County, Idaho.[2]
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- 1 2 "Idaho State Historical Society Inventory: Elo School". National Park Service. Retrieved October 7, 2017. With one historic photo and two photos from 1979.
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