Old Cortez High School Explained

Cortez High School
Coordinates:37.3472°N -108.5831°W
Added:March 22, 2016
Refnum:16000098

Cortez High School, at 121 E. First St. in Cortez, Colorado, was built in 1909 and operated as a school until 1968.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

It was Cortez' old high school, most recently Calkins Jr. High School. It became a junior high school in 1946 when Montezuma-Cortez High School opened.

Its National Register nomination document[2] was not available during government shutdown in January 2019.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cortez High School . January 9, 2019.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cortez High School . National Park Service.