The finest and most conspicuous structure in Georgetown when built, this two-story, red brick ruin awaits restoration. The “state approved standard design” brass plaque on the front means this was an architect's design for a building type used throughout the state. This school is one of the few survivors of an early model with Italianate elements: wide, double-bracketed eaves, carved keystones on both round and flattened arches, and boxy symmetry. Pilasters mark the building corners and flank the central entry bay, which lies under a large gable dormer in the truncated hipped roof. The school closed in the mid-1930s after the WPA built a less distinguished replacement at 4th and Taos streets, which was Victorianized with clapboard and wood trim in the early 1990s.