Washington Elementary School

Location: Nevada County, California

Year Built: 1905

Year Closed: Still in use

The town of Washington, California was founding in 1849, during the height of the Gold Rush Days

Located near the South Yuba River in the ruggedly, beautiful foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Washington Elementary School was built in 1905, for students in Kindergarten through eighth grades.

A plaque, dedicated at the school’s centennial celebration, reads:

Washington Elementary School

100 years of uninterrupted use as a California Public School

Having survived fires, floods, wars, time and politics.

This school has been doing its part to ensure the rights of American Children

to receive a basic education.

Dedicated this 4th day

of June 2005

Presented by W. Bull Meek - W. Morris Stewart

Chapter 10, E Clampus Vitus

Nevada City, California