Victor High School - Victor, CO
N 38° 42.566 W 105° 08.207
13S E 488107 N 4284541
The cornerstone of the Victor High School was laid on August 28, 1899, exactly one week after the devastating fire that destroyed most of Victor's wooden buildings.
Waymark Code: WMWG9A
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2017
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In 1906 the Victor High School became the first teaching assignment for Mabel Barbe Lee (1884-1979), who authored a book about life in the Gold Camp titled "Cripple Creek Days". One of her most challenging students was Lowell Thomas (1892 - 1981), who graduated in 1902 and became a world famous broadcaster.
Through the years the school went through various upgrades. walls were added to create more rooms. The south fire escape was covered then uncovered. In 1939, stairs and retaining wall were constructed up from Victor Ave. to create a playground in front of the school. The most interesting (and bewildering) of the improvements was the construction of an outdoor pool just south of the main entrance. When filled with water, the pool leaked and therefore it was never used. The area was filled in with mine tailings.
The Victor High School continued through the ups and downs of the mining town until 1954, when declining population forced the combining of classes with the Cripple Creek school. Starting in 1955, grades 7-12 attended school in Cripple Creek and the Victor School building became home to the elementary school housing grades 1-6. with the population of Victor continuing to dwindle in 1975, The Cripple Creek and Victor School Board decided to shut down the school and have all students from Victor bussed to Cripple Creek.
The building sat vacant until 1977 when the property was purchased by a California photographer, Al Weber and his wife Suzie. For the next 10 years the Webers ran a nationally renowned photography school out of the building. Photography students came from all around the country. After 1987 the building was used for various ventures that included the conversions of class rooms into rental apartments and sleeping rooms.
In 2007, Mark and Tarla Perdew purchased the property with hopes of once again having children grace the classrooms, schoolyard and distinctive staircase. They converted it to their Elevation Training Center--home of the Rocky Mountain Soccer Camp.
Credits:
victorheritagesociety.com
Address:
100 Dewey St.
Victor, CO United States
80860
Web Site: Not listed
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