Delphi School

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Delphi School
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Location7601 Southwest Delphi Road, Olympia, Washington
Coordinates 46°58′45.5″N123°01′11.4″W / 46.979306°N 123.019833°W / 46.979306; -123.019833 [1]
Built1910
NRHP reference No. 90001075 [2]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1990

The Delphi School is a historic building in Delphi, Washington, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1990. The building is a one-story, rectangular structure on a concrete foundation containing a single classroom. It served as a principal public primary education facility in rural Thurston County between 1910 and 1942. [2] It currently serves as a privately owned community meeting hall. [3]

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History

The building was complete in 1910 on a parcel donated by the Mud Bay Logging Company, intended to educate employees' children. [2] At its peak, the school educated 15 students per year, up to the eighth grade. [4]

The school closed in 1942, one year after logging operations ended. [2]

The property was donated to become a community meeting hall in 1944, and the building has been maintained since by the Delphi Community Club, [4] [5] [3] a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization since 2015. [6]

In 2006, UNAVCO strainmeter and seismometer equipment was installed on the property. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Property ID: 18967 Delphi School". Washington Information System for Architectural and Archaeological Records Data. Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation . Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "National Register Information System – Delphi School (#90001075)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Hoppe, Jessica (December 24, 2016). "Delphi Schoolhouse - A Piece of History Stands the Test of Time in the Delphi Valley". ThurstonTalk. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Dodge, John (May 1, 2014). "Neighbors taking good care of Old Delphi School". The Olympian . Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  5. ↑ "About". Delphi Community Club. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Delphi Community Club Inc - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica . December 31, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  7. ↑ "B018 - Overview | Station Page". EarthScope Consortium . May 23, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
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