James & Permelia Latimer
James and Permeila Latimer donated a parcel of land from their homestead for a school in 1892. The deed stated that if and when the property was no longer used as a school, it would revert to family heirs.
The first school was a one room building hauled to the site by wagon. An "L" shaped two room school was built around 1900. It was used until the present building was erected with two rooms, to which a third was added near 1930. The stage was added in the late 1930s. The last classes were held in 1959. The consolidated school district then used the building as a maintenance-repair facility until 1985. A gymnasium building which had been built in the last 1930s was in such bad repair, it was burned in 1989. The school building had deteriorated to the point that serious repairs were seen necessary to keep the property useable. School District No. 9 let the property revert to the heirs of the Latimer family.
There were more than 40 heirs in the family, none of whom lived in Tillamook County. The heirs decided to donate the property to the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum Foundation, in memory of the grand and great-grandparents, James and Permelia Latimer. The deed transfer was made in 1989.
Plans were made to turn the building and property into a textile center. Operation of the planned place for fibre-artisans to demonstrate, teach, and produce their crafts was turned over to the Friends of Latimer Quilt and Textile Center in 1991.
The first school was a one room building hauled to the site by wagon. An "L" shaped two room school was built around 1900. It was used until the present building was erected with two rooms, to which a third was added near 1930. The stage was added in the late 1930s. The last classes were held in 1959. The consolidated school district then used the building as a maintenance-repair facility until 1985. A gymnasium building which had been built in the last 1930s was in such bad repair, it was burned in 1989. The school building had deteriorated to the point that serious repairs were seen necessary to keep the property useable. School District No. 9 let the property revert to the heirs of the Latimer family.
There were more than 40 heirs in the family, none of whom lived in Tillamook County. The heirs decided to donate the property to the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum Foundation, in memory of the grand and great-grandparents, James and Permelia Latimer. The deed transfer was made in 1989.
Plans were made to turn the building and property into a textile center. Operation of the planned place for fibre-artisans to demonstrate, teach, and produce their crafts was turned over to the Friends of Latimer Quilt and Textile Center in 1991.