Ruffatto School in Richland County, Listed!
In 1910, rancher Mrs. T. T. Armstrong rode several hundred miles on horseback to secure signatures that would establish a school district serving rural communities in a vast area south of the Missouri River. As the population of Richland County grew, the school district was reorganized to include what would become the Ruffatto School in Richland County.
Lavina School Historic District, Listed!
The development of an academic campus in Lavina is unequivocally linked to a significant population increase experienced by the community in the early 1900s. The main 1919 block of the school building illustrates educational construction in the first half of the 20th Century displaying a melding of Restrained Classicism and Stripped Collegiate Gothic, evoking the value of public education and a sense of permanence and confidence within the community.