# Larkspur School (1896)

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/larkspur-school-1896/
- Also known as: now the Larkspur post office
- Kind: Schools
- Status: Living today
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.2288, -104.885 (USGS GNIS point)

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

'Originally a one-room brick schoolhouse built in 1896', enlarged 1932 and 1959; 'The Larkspur Post Office is in the building that was built and first used as the Larkspur Elementary School' (binder statements of 1998 and about 2007). Placed at GNIS's post-office point (2013); the 1956 county map's 'School' symbol, georeferenced, falls within 300 feet of it (Larkspur Historical Society binder 1 p. 220).

## Where it was

USGS GNIS Post Office 2736052

The U.S. Geological Survey's official point for this place name.

## Nearby

- [Carlson-Frink creamery](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/carlson-frink-creamery/): 0.1 mi east
- [Larkspur](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/larkspur/): 0.1 mi west
- [American Federation of Human Rights headquarters](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/american-federation-of-human-rights-headquarters/): 0.2 mi west
- [Frink House](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/frink-house/): 0.3 mi south
- [Lincoln Fur Farm](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/lincoln-fur-farm/): 1.2 mi southwest
- [Larkspur's first school lot (1872)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/larkspurs-first-school-lot-1872/): 2.0 mi south

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.