Ourant's School
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Ourant's School | |
 Ourant's School in Harrison County, Ohio | |
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| Nearest city | Cadiz, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 40°17′14″N 81°07′36″W / 40.28728°N 81.12653°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1873 |
| Architectural style | One-room schoolhouse |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000241[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 17, 1994 |
Ourant's School is a one-room schoolhouse located on Ourant Road, east of Deersville, Ohio. The schoolhouse was placed on the National Register on 1994-03-17.
The schoolhouse was built in 1873 and served the community until 1941. The schoolhouse was purchased by its alumni until it was renovated and restored by Crossroads RC&D. It was then turned over to the Ourant School Memorial Association which maintains the property and currently awards a scholarship to students in the area.[2] The schoolhouse still operates in an educational sense, as each spring a class of second graders spends a day in the one-room setting.[3]
Exterior
The schoolhouse is a simple building constructed of whitewashed boards on a sandstone slab foundation. The entrance is contained in a covered porch with four support posts lining the front facade. The renovations added a wheelchair ramp to the side. The sides of the building contains four double-sashed windows with 12 panels in each window. The high gabled roof supports a square drum with arched openings and capped by a pointed roof. The original school bell is located in the tower with its mountings. A small brick chimney protrudes from the roof in the center of the structure.
The schoolhouse is surrounded by three support buildings, including the boys and girls necessaries, as well as a storage building. These were restored at the same time as the schoolhouse.
