Murphys Grammar School

Murphys Grammar School

The school in 2014.
Location Jones St., Murphys, California
Coordinates 38°08′09″N 120°27′28″W / 38.1358°N 120.4579°W / 38.1358; -120.4579Coordinates: 38°08′09″N 120°27′28″W / 38.1358°N 120.4579°W / 38.1358; -120.4579
Area 1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built 1860 (1860)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 73000398[1]
Added to NRHP June 8, 1973

Murphys Grammar School is a historic school building in Murphys, California. Built in 1860, the school was the first public school in Murphys. The school was designed in a vernacular Greek Revival style, which was popular at the time of its construction; its design includes a cornice held up by square pilasters, a pedimented gable, and a cupola over the entrance with its own cornice and square pilasters. The school operated continuously from its opening until it closed in 1973; at the time of its closing, it was the longest continuously running school west of the Mississippi River.[2][3]

Albert Abraham Michelson, the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, attended the school.[2]

Murphys Grammar School was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 8, 1973.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Staffon, B. M. (October 10, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Murphys Grammar School" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ Varney, Philip (2001). Ghost Towns of Northern California: Your Guide to Ghost Towns and Historic Mining Camps. Voyageur Press. p. 46. ISBN 9781610600804.


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