Originally located at the site of Carus Elementary School on the corner of Carus Road and Highway 213, the old Carus schoolhouse has long been nicknamed simply, “The White Building.” Built in 1926, the Craftsman Bungalo style schoolhouse is two stories and 4,720 square feet. Details include lap siding, exposed rafters, purlins and brackets, wood double-hung windows and a gabled porch. The property was first deeded to the Clackamas School District Number 29 by Isaac and Constance Farr. The building ceased to be used as a school in the 1970s, and it was used for administrative offices from roughly the 1970s until the early 2000s. In 2005, it was left vacant and boarded up. It was on the list of designated historical sites for Oregon state and Clackamas County.

To make way for safety improvements at Carus, the Canby School District listed the building for sale for $1. After multiple buyers fell through in 2022 and 2023, the nonprofit group The Friends of the Historic Carus Schoolhouse purchased The White Building in late spring 2023, shortly before work was set to begin on the lot where the building sat. The group hired Wolfe House & Building Movers, LLC to prepare and transport the building. In June 2023, it was moved to the other side of the Carus parking lot; then in August 2023, it was transported to the back of the building, across Carus Road, and through neighboring field to Evans Farms, where it now sits.