Golconda School | |
Location | Jct. of Morrison and Fourth Sts., Golconda, Nevada |
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Coordinates | 40°57′17″N117°29′21″W / 40.95472°N 117.48904°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1888 |
Built by | LaGrave, C.A. |
Architect | Donnel, J.L. |
Architectural style | Second Empire, Vernacular Second Empire |
NRHP reference No. | 91001651 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 14, 1991 |
The Golconda School, located at Morrison and Fourth Sts. in Golconda, Nevada, is a historic building built in 1888.
It includes vernacular Second Empire style architectural elements.
The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]
It was deemed significant for association with the economic development of Golconda, for "documenting the history of education in Nevada", and "as an unusually well-preserved 19th century wood-frame vernacular school." [2]
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