Grizzly Bluff School

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Grizzly Bluff School
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Grizzly Bluff School in 2012
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LocationGrizzly Bluff Road & East Ferry Road, California, United States
Coordinates 40°33′46″N124°10′18″W / 40.56276°N 124.17163°W / 40.56276; -124.17163
Built1871 [1]
ArchitectJohn Davenport & Tom Dix [1]
Architectural styleGreek Revival [1]
NRHP reference No. 79000476 [1]
Added to NRHP1979 [1]

The Grizzly Bluff School was an historic school in the farm fields outside Ferndale, California. [1] Students came from the surrounding Eel River valley to attend a one-room school earlier than the construction of the first known school building. [2]

Tom Dix and John Davenport built the current building in 1871, and the ornamental windbreak was planted in 1878. [3] In the 1880s, the building was moved away from the road and placed on a new foundation. [2]

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Old Presbyterian Church at Grizzly Bluff

In 1900, more space was needed to support a large number of students and the old Presbyterian Church nearby was converted to schoolrooms. [2] By 1976, the school continued only grades one through four. Students from fifth grade attended Ferndale Elementary School. [2] Grizzly Bluff School closed its doors for the last time on 30 June 30, 1989. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 NRIS
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ferndale Union High School, Class of 1977 (1977). Carlson, Beverly (ed.). Where the ferns grew tall: An early history of Ferndale (1st ed.). Ferndale, California: Ferndale Union High School. p. 379. 0-7385-2890-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Carlson, 1966, pp. 223–225.
  4. ↑ California Department of Education

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