GC1EA3Y Traditional Cache The Travelling School Building
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: eseligmann @ | Hide Date: 07/24/2008 | Status: Disabled
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 37.607 W104° 48.197 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Available during winter  Parking available  Stealth required 
Learn a little bit of local history and find a cache, all in one trip!
Congratulations to the "B" Team for their 30th FTF!
The Melvin School is a public landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. The cache owners have obtained permission to place the cache here; however, cachers should be aware that it is technically located on school property, albeit a good distance from the high school and middle school buildings.

Mrs. E. Seligmann attended both of the schools on either side of the Melvin School, and is a member of the Cherry Creek Valley Historical Society, which maintains the Melvin School as a museum.

HISTORY:

MELVIN SCHOOL
Built: 1922 • Landmarked: 1986
This two-room schoolhouse originally served the outlying community of Melvin and was one of the founding schools in the Cherry Creek School District. In 1949, the structure was moved to make way for the Cherry Creek Reservoir. After 17 years of use as a tavern (The Emerald Isle!), the Cherry Creek Valley Historical Society moved the school to its current location on the grounds of Smoky Hill High School. The building is owned and maintained by the Cherry Creek School District. Click here for more information about this historic landmark!

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I hate sticking my hand in a hole, too, but my hiding options became limited due to routinely careless grounds maintenance workers...

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10 Logs: Found it 1  Didn't find it 6  Temporarily Disable Listing 2  Enable Listing 1  

Temporarily Disable Listing 05/15/2019 By eseligmann
The cache has been muggled for the umpteenth time, even though I have always had permission to place it. I am already in the process of changing it to a multi-cache to get the physical cache off of school grounds and out of the way of the groundskeeper. I will archive this cache when the new cache is active.

Didn't find it 04/06/2019 By nbuike
Checked every hole in the wall and tree and DNF.

Didn't find it 03/03/2019 By Lematire
Nowhere to be found even after looking for 10 ish min

Found it 12/16/2018 By Yoda'sTreasure
What a great day to geocache. I cant believe its December. I love the hide. Thank you. TNLN.

Enable Listing 11/07/2018 By eseligmann
Cache replaced.

Temporarily Disable Listing 07/16/2018 By eseligmann
Cache has disappeared. Will replace soon.

Didn't find it 07/15/2018 By YodaHebert
We looked in area but didn't find please check to see if it is still here.

Didn't find it 07/15/2018 By pluckylocket
We looked around, but couldn't find it. Some of the blocks are glued down, maybe recently? Not sure if it's been blocked.

Didn't find it 06/23/2018 By KA&JWest
No sign of it.

Didn't find it 04/08/2018 By emily819diep
Looked around everywhere.