Westcliff School - Westcliffe, CO
N 38° 07.966 W 105° 27.984
13S E 459125 N 4220648
One corner in the school has a reconstructed antique four-desk classroom.
Waymark Code: WMA4TH
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2010
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?The Westcliff School was built in 1891. The architect was Archie Scherer.
Made of fieldstone, concrete, and rhyolite, this one one room school was originally called the "Rock School". It was later renamed the Westcliff School (without the usual final "e"). The school was closed in 1953 and rehabilitated into a community center. The school now houses the offices and exhibits of the Custer County Historical society and Genealogical Society and the Valley Park and recreation Youth Center, Inc.
The Westcliff School was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987
Original or Re-creation?: Original
Year the school closed.: 01/01/1953
Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no
Address:
304 S. 4th St.
Westcliffe, CO United States
Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: no
Year the school first opened.: Not listed
Web Address (if available): Not listed
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