The Como School, on Spruce St. in

Como, Colorado Como is an unincorporated community in Park County in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of zip code 80432 is 439, including surrounding subdivisions in a 15-mile radius. Metro ...

, is a school complex its oldest building, a grade school with a

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, built in 1883. It was listed on the

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in 2000. The grade school building is a wood-frame structure that was a

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, serving students in grades one through four on one side of the aisle and grades five through eight on the other. The property also included a wood frame high school building which was moved to the property in the 1930s, two outhouses, and a storage shed. With The school operated from 1883 to 1948. In 2010 the grade school building was identified as the Como Civic Center.See photo.

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One-room schoolhouses in Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Park County, Colorado School buildings completed in 1883 School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado {{Colorado-NRHP-stub