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Like many rural Idaho schools, the schoolhouse also served as the local community center. The declining local population and the expense of new safety regulations in the 1940s spelled the end of Brownlee's school, and the district merged into Sweet's district in 1951. The building was purchased by area residents to serve as a community center and is now the only active community building in the area.
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basin in the late 19th century. The two-room schoolhouse was built in keeping with contemporary standards for rural schools; it provided for heating and ventilation, had several windows to provide light, included two cloakrooms and a library room, and featured hand-carved wooden trim for decoration.
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On Dry Buck Road, 0.1 miles (0.16 km) NE of jct. with Timber Butte Road
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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Boise County, Idaho
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property in Idaho on the National Register of Historic Places
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is a historic school building located on Dry Buck Road near
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Buckendorf, Madeline; Bauer, Barbara Perry (June 1987).
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Photograph of the Upper Brownlee School
Upper Brownlee School is located in Idaho
Upper Brownlee School is located in the United States
Sweet, Idaho
44°02′07″N 116°14′14″W / 44.035252°N 116.237096°W / 44.035252; -116.237096
MPS
Public School Buildings in Idaho MPS
98000264
Sweet, Idaho
Boise River
National Register of Historic Places
List of National Historic Landmarks in Idaho
National Register of Historic Places listings in Boise County, Idaho


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National Register of Historic Places
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"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Upper Brownlee School"
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