Douglas County High School (Gardnerville, Nevada)

Douglas County High School
Location 1670 Hwy 88
Minden, Nevada
Coordinates 38°56′41″N 119°45′06″W / 38.94472°N 119.75167°W / 38.94472; -119.75167Coordinates: 38°56′41″N 119°45′06″W / 38.94472°N 119.75167°W / 38.94472; -119.75167
Built 1915
Architect Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference # 92000117
Added to NRHP March 9, 1992

Douglas County High School was the high school serving Douglas County, Nevada from 1915 to the mid-1950s when it became a middle school. In 1988 the building was retired from educational uses. Designed by prolific Nevada architect Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps, it serves today as both the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center and a middle school and is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.[1]

Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center

The 'Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center is operated by the Douglas County Historical Society. The museum's displays include a "Main Street" exhibit with period businesses such as a mercantile, dry goods store and drug store, doctor's office, barbershop and newspaper office. Other exhibits include area Basque immigrants, Native Americans, Nevada's wild and free-roaming mustangs.[2]

Douglas High School

The high school moved to Minden. It is known as Douglas High School and is still in operation today.

References

  1. ↑ "Nevada Entries in the National Register of Historic Places". Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
  2. ↑ "Museums, Historic Sites & Points of Interest". Visit Carson Valley. Retrieved 10 May 2015.


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