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From Schoolhouse to Playhouse:
A Brief History of the Canyon Creek Schoolhouse, 1894-Now


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The Canyon Creek Schoolhouse opened to students in 1906 or 1894? At that time, the schoolhouse was about a mile from the town of Hamilton.

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You might think of a schoolhouse of this time as being a one-room wooden building, but the Canyon Creek Schoolhouse was a two-story building constructed from locally-made bricks.

Image: Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum, 01465

The schoolhouse was located on the west side of the Bitterroot River near a bridge that connected the town of Canyon Creek to the town of Hamilton, Montana.

Image: Courtesy of Dr. Marshall Bloom

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