You are here

Nevada » Northern Region » Wadsworth » Wadsworth School

Wadsworth School

-A A +A
1898. School St.
  • (Photograph by Julie Nicoletta)

The tallest and largest building left from the railroad days, the old school is a reminder of the thriving town Wadsworth once was. The two-story building, built of brick and covered with tan stucco, stands on a large lot near the Truckee River. Its H-shaped plan gives it a stable and orderly appearance, enhanced by the central section with a recessed porch marked by three open arches. Above, three arched window openings face a balcony created by the porch roof. A small hexagonal cupola with six vents tops the hipped roof. Though it has been boarded up for years, the Wadsworth School, with its simplified echoes of Renaissance villas, displays the townspeople's high esteem for public education.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Julie Nicoletta
×

Data

What's Nearby

Southern Pacific Baggage Car Apartments

Citation

Julie Nicoletta, "Wadsworth School", [Wadsworth, Nevada], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/NV-01-NO01.

Print Source

Buildings of Nevada, Julie Nicoletta. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, 130-130.

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,