Black plaque № 49040

Silver City, NV, United States

Silver City School House. The growing town of Silver City built a schoolhouse at this site in 1867-1868. Enrollment was as high as 166 students during the 1880s. Children were educated here for nearly a century until the school closed in 1958.The building then began its career as the Silver City com

munity center and volunteer fire department. The fire department parked trucks inside the south classroom. Community events took place in the north classroom.Fire destroyed the schoolhouse in 2004. Th

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