Murphys Grammar School

	Murphys Grammar School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The school in 2014.
	Murphys Grammar School Murphys Grammar School
Location	Jones St., Murphys, California
Coordinates	38°08′09″N 120°27′28″W / 38.1358°N 120.4579°W
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	1860
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	73000398
Added to NRHP	June 8, 1973

Murphys Grammar School is a historic school building in Murphys, California. Built in 1860, the school was the first public school in Murphys. The school was designed in a vernacular Greek Revival style, which was popular at the time of its construction; its design includes a cornice held up by square pilasters, a pedimented gable, and a cupola over the entrance with its own cornice and square pilasters. The school operated continuously from its opening until it closed in 1973; at the time of its closing, it was the longest continuously running school west of the Mississippi River.^[2]^[3]

Albert Abraham Michelson, the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, attended the school.^[2]

Murphys Grammar School was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 8, 1973.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Staffon, B. M. (October 10, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Murphys Grammar School". National Park Service. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
^ Varney, Philip (2001). Ghost Towns of Northern California: Your Guide to Ghost Towns and Historic Mining Camps. Voyageur Press. p. 46. ISBN 9781610600804.

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Photos from the NRHP nomination

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[NRHP_nom-2] Staffon, B. M. (October 10, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Murphys Grammar School". National Park Service. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

[3] Varney, Philip (2001). Ghost Towns of Northern California: Your Guide to Ghost Towns and Historic Mining Camps. Voyageur Press. p. 46. ISBN 9781610600804.

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