A white-lettered caption "HIGH SCHOOL" identifies the large two-story frame schoolhouse standing on a grassy rise, shown here in a photographic view. The building has a hipped roof with gabled dormers, a small square cupola or bell tower at the ridge, and a covered entrance porch, with a fence-lined walk leading up the slope and a few small outbuildings and trees behind it. Such multi-story frame high schools with a rooftop bell tower were typical of American towns around 1900–1915, though the card itself names no town.
Real photo print with heavy mottled staining, scratches and discoloration across the sky and lower foreground; blue-tinted band at bottom; no white border; caption appears hand-lettered on the negative.
No readable postmark — only a blue crayon cross cancel over the 2¢ Washington stamp. Divided-back "POST CARD / CORRESPONDENCE / NAME AND ADDRESS" stock, ca. 1907–1915. Card is toned and soiled with foxing spots and a crease at lower left.
Cite this card
High School building on a hill, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/high-school-building-on-a-hill-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.
