Garcia School - Wickenburg, AZ
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leadhiker
N 33° 58.245 W 112° 43.936
12S E 339964 N 3760264
This red brick schoolhouse replaced the wooden school on this land donated by Dõn Ygnacio Garcia. It was restored and opened as a bank in 1984.
Waymark Code: WM8X2Y
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2010
Views: 9
Inscription:
Garcia School
Built 1905
Has been entered in the
National Register of Historic Places
By the United States Department of the Interior
Little remains of the old one room schoolhouses built of log, adobe, frame or brick which proliferated across Arizona in the late 1800's.
This fine brick example replaced the wooden school moved across town from the Culture Gold Mine in 1895 and placed on this land donated by Don Ignacio Garcia, a trusted of school districts and a benefactor to the town.
This building was restored in 1984 by community Bank.
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The Wickenburg Children’s Cultural Organization inherited the building in 2003.
Marker Name: Garcia School
Type of history commemorated: Place
County: Maricopa
Name of any agency/ agencies setting marker:
unknown
Year placed: unknown
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