Valley View School (Salida, Colorado) Explained

Valley View School
Coordinates:38.5358°N -106.0425°W
Built:1903; 1936
Builder:Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Architecture:Rural Schoolhouse
Added:October 12, 2003
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Rural School Buildings in Colorado MPS
Refnum:03001006

The Valley View School, at 8465 County Road 140 about 2miles west of Salida, Colorado was built in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

It is a rural one-story wood frame schoolhouse built in part by the Works Progress Administration.

It has a south-facing NaNfeet clapboarded main section and a NaNfeet concrete block addition. The addition was built by the Works Progress Administration in 1936.

Two privies are additional contributing buildings in the listing.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=03001006}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Valley View School, District 29 / Valley View School; 5CF.1598 ]. National Park Service. Katy Grether . April 30, 2003 . December 1, 2019. With