Bowie School District No. 14

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Bowie School District No. 14
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Bowie Grammar School / Eva E. Hall Building
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Location315 W. 5th St., Bowie, Arizona
Coordinates 32°19′31″N109°29′23″W / 32.3253°N 109.4898°W / 32.3253; -109.4898
Area5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
NRHP reference No. 15000168 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 28, 2015

The Bowie School District No. 14 is a complex of four school buildings and supporting structures together on one block in Bowie, Arizona. The entire complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 2015. [2]

The schools – Bowie High School (1922), Bowie Grammar School / Eva E. Hall Building (1912–14), Mary Doyle Elementary School (1961), Bruce E. Brown Gymnasium (1940) – were all deemed historic and designated as contributing buildings. Contributing structures were a Works Progress Administration-built swimming pool dating from 1936, a tennis court and an iron fence which partially surrounded the complex. [3]

The listing included the entire block holding all of Bowie's schools and supporting structures. Besides the four contributing buildings and three contributing structures were non-contributing elements: four other buildings, four other structures, and two objects. [3]

The listing of Bowie schools was supported by Bowie alumni and other community members; a 2013 newsletter reported that a graduate student named Kristine Smedley was working on the nomination. [2]

Prolific Tucson-based architect Annie Rockfellow (1866–1954) and Norway-born architect Henry O. Jaastad (1872–1965), who also served as Tucson's mayor, are credited for the architecture. [3]

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References

  1. National Register of Historic Places 2015 Weekly Lists (PDF). National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Bowie Alumni Newsletter" (PDF).
  3. 1 2 3 Kristine Smedley; William Collins (February 23, 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bowie School District No. 14 / Bowie High School, Bowie Grammar School (Eva E. Hall Building), Mary Doyle Elementary School, Bruce E. Brown Gymnasium". National Park Service . Retrieved November 7, 2021. Includes 22 photos from 2015.