The Remains of Munster Schoolhouse
This burned-out shell of Munster schoolhouse is all that remains of a town that never really was. Munster was a Great Northern Railroad loading station, established in 1912. There was a grain elevator, and this school. The grain elevator was torn down some years ago.
You can see a 2009 photo of the school before it burned on this Flickr page, and compare it to Terry’s first photo below which is from a similar angle. Another North Dakota place which will soon be only a memory.
Photos by Troy Larson and Terry Hinnenkamp, copyright Sonic Tremor Media LLC
So sad. Why destroy something that serves as a great memory for past, present, and future generations? Some type of protection bill should be put in place so these abandoned places stop getting demolished!
Brooke, do you know about us?: Preservation North Dakota — http://www.prairieplaces.org
When we were in High School in the early 80′s that is where the girls changed when we would jump off the bridge into the river just North of there.
You right. It´s too bad no one cares about places like this. They have history, memories in them. And they are slowly disappearing before our eyes, because no one is interested in preserving them. I understand it must be troublesome to care about such an old building, but if people just leave it there it will only rot slowly. Old ghost towns can be very sad sometimes.