Graysville School #1493
The first school was built in 1909 on NW 25-6-6w. It was located north of the tracks on land originally owned by homesteader George Gray. The building was sold in 1934 and moved south of the rail line, where it was used as a dwelling, store and post office.
In 1919, the school districts of Graysville, Lintrathen, Orr and Ravenswood joined to form Consolidated School District No. 1493. A four-room school with an auditorium was designed by architects Tuttle and Reid and opened in 1920. The school offered grades I-XI, and in 1958, Grade XII was added. When Carman Collegiate was built, the higher grades bussed to Carman and elementary grades continued in Graysville until declining enrollment resulted in closure of the school in 2010.
See also: Historic Sites of Manitoba: Graysville Consolidated School No. 1493
Graysville School, which opened in 1920, is an excellent surviving example of the kind of substantial consolidated school building that started to go up in Manitoba in response to provincial Department of Education requirements that smaller school districts amalgamate in order to save costs. The school brought together students from the older Graysville School, and one-room schools at Lintrathen, Orr, Ravenswood, Stephenfield and Tobacco Creek.
The new building was a handsome structure designed by Winnipeg architects E.D. Tuttle and Mr. Reid. With its commodious brick form (containing four large classrooms), broad sheltering roof, large windows and strategic features—like the small roof-top cupola and focusing entrance pediments—the building is a good example of its type—especially important with the loss of so many Manitoba school buildings over the past decades. The school was closed in 2010 due to declining student enrolment. The building is now privately owned.