Johnson Public School

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Johnson Public School
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Location711 Warren Ave., Cheyenne, Wyoming
Coordinates 41°07′34.3″N104°48′28.4″W / 41.126194°N 104.807889°W / 41.126194; -104.807889
Area5.6 acres (2.3 ha)
Built1923
Built byAdams and McCann
Architect William Dubois
Architectural style Collegiate Gothic
MPS Public Schools in Cheyenne, Wyoming MPS
NRHP reference No. 05000706 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 2005

The Johnson Public School, at 711 Warren Ave. in Cheyenne, Wyoming, was built in 1923. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, at which time it was owned by the First Assembly of God Church. [1]

It is a two-and-a-half-story red brick building on a concrete foundation with a "garden level" basement, and is styled in a "downscaled" version of Collegiate Gothic architecture designed by Cheyenne architect William Dubois. It is T-shaped in plan within a 280 by 250 feet (85 m × 76 m) rectangle: there is a 185 by 60 feet (56 m × 18 m) north–south segment and a 67 by 45 feet (20 m × 14 m) east–west segment. It has a flat roof and a brick parapet with terra cotta. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Robert G. Rosenberg (December 31, 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Johnson Public School / Johnson Junior High School; 48LA2799; First Assembly of God Church". National Park Service . Retrieved March 22, 2018. With seven photos from 2005.