Historic Sandstone School Demolished After Six-Year Save Effort
The historic Sandstone School in Absarokee has been demolished, ending a six-year community effort to save it. Despite fundraising for repairs, the school board decided to tear down the over-100-year-old building to make way for future development.
Billings, MT, October 16, 2026 —
The historic Sandstone School in Absarokee has been demolished, ending a six-year community effort to preserve the more than 100-year-old building.
Community members raised funds for repairs, but the school board decided to tear the building down. The site is to make way for future development, though details about the planned development were not provided.
The available information does not specify when the demolition took place, how much money was raised, what repairs were proposed or why the board chose demolition over preservation. It also does not identify the school board members or describe the community effort’s specific activities.
The demolition closes a six-year effort to save the school. No further information was provided about what will happen next at the site.
Story summarized from the original created by Grace Stewart on www.ktvq.com, see more information here.
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