Douglas County High School (Nevada)

This article is about the school in Nevada. For other uses, see Douglas County High School (disambiguation).

Douglas County High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1670 Hwy 88 Gardnerville, Nevada
Coordinates	38°56′41″N 119°45′06″W
Built	1915
Architect	Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	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 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 September 23, 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2007.
2. "Museums, Historic Sites & Points of Interest". Visit Carson Valley. Retrieved May 10, 2015.

External links

• Media related to Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center at Wikimedia Commons
• Douglas County Historical Society
• Douglas High School
• Douglas County School District

The present Douglas High School in Minden