Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
The building that was formerly the gymnasium for the Mohler School District collapsed earlier this month after years of disuse.
The school closed in 1942 but the gym building continued to be used for other purposes before being abandoned for good some years ago.
The Mohler School was completed on August 29, 1902. The gymnasium was added in 1913. Work on it was mentioned in historical records in July 1913, so it was likely completed before the fall school session began. The old gym was used for stage productions, sporting events, Bible study, and then from 1931 on also by the Grange.
On July 2, 2013, just shy of its 100th year, the old gym building collapsed. The school is still upright, but is also unsafe and could collapse at any time.
Some of the early-day students at the Mohler school are still living.
In 1941-42, Mildred Smith was the last teacher to serve at Mohler prior to the school’s closing. Mildred Smith later married John Deife of Odessa and lived and taught school in Odessa for many years.
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