Glendale School
Glendale School | |
_from_NW_1.JPG) Glendale School in Victorian Square | |
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| Location | Victorian Avenue, Sparks, Nevada |
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| Coordinates | 39°32′04″N 119°45′17″W / 39.5345°N 119.7548°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1864 |
| Built by | Bryant, Archie |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001729[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 30, 1978 |
The Glendale School of Sparks, Nevada, is the oldest remaining schoolhouse in the state and is also reported [by whom?] to be the longest operating school in the state. It was built in 1864 and served as a school until 1958. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
It was deemed significant as the first educational institution in the "Truckee Meadows" area, where, in 1857, Charles C. Gates and John F. Stone created a rope ferry across the Truckee River and opened a trading post, leading to further development. It was built by Archie Bryant.[2]
In 1976, the school building was moved to a site near the intersection in Reno,[2] and in 1993, it was moved again, to its current location, part of the Victorian Square development in Sparks.[3]
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References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Philip I. Earl and Robert Fink (May 19, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Glendale School". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1975
- ^ Walpole, Jeanne Lauf (2007). Insiders Guide to Reno and Lake Tahoe. Guilford, CT: Morris Book Publishing. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-7627-4190-8. Retrieved April 9, 2014.