Pocatello, Idaho
Recently while out and about, I noticed an abandoned-looking school in a friend’s neighborhood.
After some research, it turns out that the school was once known as Emerson Elementary School, and it had been around for quite some time.
While it is not known when the school was officially built, one of the first photos taken of the school was in 1919. Teaching 1st through 6th grade, Emerson Elementary continued on until the 80s era, when schools changed. In the 90s, the Cre-Act was born into the space, which was a Montessori creative acting school under Catholic ownership.
The school took its final bow in 2010, when the building shut down for good, left to be abandoned for years to come. However, it has been preserved in time, with many of the school’s amenities such as the playground and basketball courts still being on the property.
Within the last few years, the school was repurchased and is currently being remodeled into being an apartment / Airbnb complex. While no finalization date has been released, if any updates are announced in the near future, I will add them here.