Fruita Schoolhouse

United States historic place


Fruita Schoolhouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location	Fruita, Utah
Coordinates	38°17′17″N 111°14′54″W / 38.2881°N 111.2482°W / 38.2881; -111.2482
Built	1896
NRHP reference No.	72000098
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1972

The Fruita Schoolhouse is a historic school building located in Fruita, Utah, United States.

Description

The Behunin family, early settlers of the Capitol Reef area, donated the land in 1892. For over a decade the school had a dirt roof and in 1935 the bare walls were chinked in.^[1] Elijah Cutler Behunin donated the land for the school and his daughter, Nettie Behunin, was the school's first teacher. In 1895 the school became part of the Junction School Precinct and remained a functional grade school until 1941. From 1941 until its induction into the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973, the building was unoccupied.^[2]

Images

References

^ http://www.nps.gov/archive/care/school.htm Fruita Schoolhouse http://www.nps.gov, (archived, 02 June 2009, from original accessed 04 November 2008)
^ Fruita School house — National Register of Historic Places - Original Nomination Form

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fruita Schoolhouse.

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. UT-21, "Fruita School House, State Route 24, Fruita, Wayne County, UT", 5 photos, 3 measured drawings, 5 data pages

National Register of Historic Places in Capitol Reef National Park

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Fruita Rural Historic District

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