Dungeness School
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Dungeness School
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Location | Dungeness, Washington |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Built | 1892 |
Architect | Unknown |
Architectural style | No Style Listed |
MPS | Rural Public Schools of Washington State MPS |
NRHP Reference # | 88000627 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 19, 1988 |
The idea for the Dungeness School was formed in 1892 by the settlers of the Dungeness area. On May 10, 1892 a meeting was held in which settlers created a bond for land and a two story school house. The school house opened on February 27, 1893. The school originally had 73 students from the ages of 5 to 20. The school had one teacher who lived on the second floor of the school. Classes were large and books and supplies not easy to get. School Board minutes of April 8, 1895, show a motion was passed to buy the school a bottle of ink.
In 1955, the Dungeness and Sequim School Districts were consolidated, and the old Dungeness School was closed. In 1967 the Dungeness Community Club purchased the land and the building from the Sequim School District. The Dungeness School was designated a Washington State Historical Site in 1973. On May 19, 1988, the building was listed on the National Register of Historical Places. In 1995, faced with rising maintenance costs, the schoolhouse was donated to the local museum and is now operated as a division of the Museum and Arts Center.
References
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External links
- Dungeness Schoolhouse - Museum and Arts Center
- Dungeness School history
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