Arvonia School

Driving in to Arvonia from Hoch Road you can’t miss the one-room school on the hill.  Built of native stone and designed by premiere Kansas architect John G. Haskel, the school has a presence that can be felt.  It was built in 1872 by Welsh craftsman James Rice.  It is the most photographed one-room school in Kansas.  Google it and see!  Built as a two-story structure, the top floor was taken off about 1900 when the residents were afraid the Kansas winds would blow it over. The school was closed in 1949 when it was consolidated with the Lebo Schools.

The restoration of the school began in 2011 when the bell tower was leaning. The interior now looks as it did in the past.