Union School

Union School was established in 1906 as a large one-room school that brought several small, family operated schools in the Fort Christmas area together in one central location. In the 1920s, it was enlarged with the small room addition at the rear, and the teacher's house and garage were built during that decade. The lunchroom was constructed in 1932, and a stage was added to the big room in the late 1930s. In this isolated community, the school served as an important center for 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 the small school could no longer serve all of the community's children as the population grew, and local children thereafter attended Columbia Elementary in Bithlo.

Christmas, Florida · United States