National and State Register

Stove Prairie School

Larimer County

The school began serving the educational and social needs of Rist Canyon families northwest of Fort Collins in 1896. 

A view of the white school split into different sections with sloping roofs. There are trees before and after the school

Stove Prairie School

The community demonstrated its commitment to the original school building by incorporating it into an increasingly larger complex to accommodate growing enrollments and the changing nature of elementary education.