National and State Register

Poncha Springs Schoolhouse

Chaffee County

Completed in 1883, the T-plan building is a good local example of the Italianate style.  The two-story red brick building has stone quoins and a cross gabled roof that is topped with an open bell tower with a mansard roof.

Poncha Springs Schoolhouse.

Poncha Springs Schoolhouse.

Two classrooms were on the first floor, and an auditorium occupied the second.  The building remained in use as a school until 1957.  In 1962, it was deeded to the town of Poncha Springs for use as a museum and community meeting place.