Cortez School Administration Building

Cortez School Administration Building

Cortez School Administration Building Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
1930s, WPA?. 121 E. 1st St.

One of the few handsome, unaltered edifices in town is sheathed in rusticated local sandstone trimmed in the same stone. A grand, round-arched entry and stepped parapet are among the most appealing of several discreet details. Originally a school, it is now the administrative headquarters of the school district.

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