Manhattan, Montana
Manhattan is a town in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. The population was 2,086 at the 2020 census. It is part of the ' Bozeman Micropolitan Statistical Area'.
History
In 1865, the town was called Hamilton. This changed in 1883 when ...
is a
balloon-framed
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one-room schoolhouse
One-room schools, or schoolhouses, were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain. In most rural and s ...
that was built in 1902. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1981.
It has a recessed entry door and a
cupola
In architecture, a cupola () is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome.
The word derives, via Italian, from ...
, and it was used as a community center. with
It was one of 13 one-room schoolhouses in
Gallatin County, Montana
Gallatin County is located in the U.S. state of Montana. With its county seat in Bozeman, it is the second-most populous county in Montana, with a population of 118,960 in the 2020 Census.
The county's prominent geographical features are the ...
that were listed on the National Register together in July 1981, and three more were listed later.