Payne Gap Schoolhouse and Cemetery

Sculpting a Foundation

By Jeffrey and Sam | Progress, Schoolhouse

We learned a lot about concrete this week, especially about […]

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Topping It Off

By Jeffrey and Sam | Progress, Schoolhouse

Arturo and his crew from A-Z Roofing in Lampasas finished

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Schoolhouse Rock

By Jeffrey and Sam | Progress, Schoolhouse

Finding the right rock for our new gables was a

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Cool, Clear, Water

By Jeffrey and Sam | Landscape, Progress, Residence, Schoolhouse, Structures

On May 12, 2021, Alderson Water Well Rescue struck water

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100 Million Years Ago

By Jeffrey and Sam | History, Landscape

I have always been fascinated by the ridge of boulders

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Let’s Start at the Top

By Jeffrey and Sam | Progress, Schoolhouse

Today we made solid progress on the roof, inspecting the

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The Plan from Above

By Jeffrey and Sam | Landscape, Payne Gap Cemetery, Progress, Residence, Schoolhouse

After a considerable amount of analysis, we have worked out

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Payne Gap Schoolhouse and Cemetery Logo

By Jeffrey and Sam | Art and Design, Payne Gap Cemetery, Payne Gap School

Jeffrey and I have been working on some logo ideas for the Payne Gap Schoolhouse and Cemetery compound, and I think we have arrived at a design that distills the essence of the property …

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Those at Rest

By Jeffrey and Sam | History, Payne Gap Cemetery

The most thorough resource for finding out who is buried

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It’s All in the Mix

By Jeffrey and Sam | Art and Design

We want the the Payne Gap “campus” to be a place that encourages and facilitates experimentation. Think of a model like Black Mountain College …

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Payne Gap Schoolhouse Machine-Sewn Textile

By Jeffrey and Sam | Art and Design, Schoolhouse

This sewn rendering of the Payne Gap Schoolhouse was created

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Eames, Graypants, and Payne Gap

By Jeffrey and Sam | Art and Design, Schoolhouse

Two designs that telegraph the aesthetic of the schoolhouse project

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Payne Gap Schoolhouse and Students Circa 1940

By Jeffrey and Sam | History, Payne Gap School, People

That’s our very own Glenn Dale Duncan (Sam’s dad), front center, with suspenders. He was about six years old when an anonymous photographer took this picture of the 1940-41 class. This is the earliest known photograph of the rock schoolhouse, which replaced an earlier wooden structure destroyed by a fire …

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