Lunch Room

The Union School was established in 1906 as a large one-room school that united several small family-operated schools in the Fort Christmas area into a central location. In the 1920s it was enlarged with the small room addition in the rear, and the teacher's house and garage were built during that decade. The lunchroom was constructed in 1932, and the stage was added to the big room in the late 1930s. In this isolated community, the school provided important social as well as educational activities, and its programs and graduations were well attended. Usually referred to as the Fort Christmas School, it closed in 1969 because population growth left the small school unable to provide for all of the children in the community. Since then, local children have attended Columbia Elementary in Bithlo.

Christmas, Florida · United States