Old Cortez High School

Cortez High School
The school in 2019
Old Cortez High School is located in Colorado
Old Cortez High School
Location121 E. First St., Cortez, Colorado
Coordinates37°20′50″N 108°34′59″W / 37.34722°N 108.58306°W / 37.34722; -108.58306
NRHP reference No.16000098[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 22, 2016

Cortez High School, at 121 E. First St. in Cortez, Colorado, was built in 1909 and operated as a school until 1968.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

It was Cortez' old high school, most recently Calkins Jr. High School. It became a junior high school in 1946 when Montezuma-Cortez High School opened.

Its National Register nomination document[3] was not available during government shutdown in January 2019.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Cortez High School". Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cortez High School" (PDF). National Park Service.