The Port Stanley School is located on Lopez Island, in the San Juan Islands (San Juan County), Washington, in the United States. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The building was restored in 2003 and currently serves as an exhibit of the Lopez Island Historical Society and community space.[2]
| Port Stanley School | |
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 Schoolhouse in 2021 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Wood |
| Address | 144 Grayling Ln |
| Town or city | Lopez Island, WA |
| Country | USA |
| Coordinates | 48°31′30″N 122°52′37″W / 48.525°N 122.877°W |
Port Stanley School | |
| Nearest city | Lopez Island, Washington |
| Area | 1 acre |
| Built | 1876; 1888; 1917 (current building) |
| NRHP reference No. | 94001437[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 9, 1994 |
History edit
The Port Stanley School was first constructed in 1876[3] in the style of a rough log cabin, however no photos of this building are currently known to exist. In 1888, a lumber-framed second version of the school had been built to replace the previous building. When constructed, it was a single room school house accommodating a class of 25 children. In 1917, Lee Norderer (a then recent graduate of Seattle's Lincoln High School) designed and had constructed the craftsman-styled third version of the Port Stanley School. This version of the school was in use until the Lopez Island School districts consolidated in 1941. The building was left vacant and mostly unused until it was donated to the Lopez Island Historical Society by Christopher and Helena Jones's family in December 1994. In 1996 restoration work began and continued until 2005.
It is a one-story school building which had a cloakroom, a single classroom, and, per its National Register nomination, a room at the rear for a teacher's office and library.[4] Per a plan of the school available at the Lopez Island Historical Society and Museum website, the rear room was a second classroom.[2]
References edit
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "The Port Stanley Schoolhouse". Lopez Island Historical Society and Museum. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ^ Ferguson, Susan (April 2010). Lopez Island. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781531653118.
- ^ Nancy McCoy (July 15, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Port Stanley School / WA 055-8". National Park Service. Retrieved October 27, 2021. With accompanying 5 photos from c.1920 and 1994-95
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