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Flora School Education Center

A nonprofit in Flora that teaches folk skills and lost arts and works to restore the Flora School to its 1925 condition.

Wallowa Lake and the mountains, seen from the county park at the north end. Regional landscape context for this record.
Wallowa country

Wallowa Lake and the mountains, seen from the county park at the north end. Regional landscape context for this record.

Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives · 16 May 2012 · CC BY 4.0 · Image & source ↗

The center describes itself as “a non-profit organization that takes great joy in teaching and demonstrating to new and older generations the arts and crafts that seem to be gradually disappearing,” under the banner “Information, Education, and Exploration of Folk Skills and Lost Arts.” It says it “will place the Flora School preservation and restoration at the top of their mission,” aiming to restore the school to 1925. For more than twenty years it has held Flora School Days, an annual fundraising celebration on the first Saturday in May. Its library at 80974 College Lane is open Thursdays or by appointment.

The founding date and officers are not stated on its site; the state registration dates from 1997 and is a filing date, and although that registration lists Enterprise, the organization’s own address is in Flora.

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