Rittenhouse Elementary School - Queen Creek, AZ - Arizona Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

In the 1920's the San Tan Valley area, southeast of Phoenix, had a population of a few farm families clearing the desert to plant cotton and hay. By 1924 the population was large enough to justify the construction of a school building. The marker says it best,
"Rittenhouse Elementary School
In 1924 construction of a new schoolhouse began.
Classes were being held in an old cook shack that had
once been used by mule skinners to clear the land. The
school, named after Charles Rittenhouse, would be a
three-room, U-shaped building made of Arizona red
brick with transom windows. Oak floors were tongue and
groove and blackboards were real slate. In 1936, rest-
rooms and two more classrooms were added to the rear
of the building. First heated by steam from a boiler and
radiators in the rooms, they were eventually replaced with
gas heaters hung from the ceilings.
The school was placed on the Arizona Historical Registry in 1990 - then the National Register of Historical Places in 1998 - it is
under constant restoration by the "San Tan Historical Society".
This plaque dedicated by the Lost Dutchman Chapter
of the ancient and honorable Order of the Clampus Vitus
on November 15, 2003 (CY 6008)"
The immediate area has since been incorporated as the Town of Queen Creek.

Marker Name: Rittenhouse Elementary School Type of history commemorated: Place County: Maricopa Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker: Clampus Vitus Year placed: 2003

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