Ellsworth Rd., 1 mi. N of Rittenhouse Rd., Queen Creek, Arizona. County/parish: Maricopa.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 05, 1998. NRIS 98000053.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Rittenhouse Elementary School, now the San Tan Historical Society Museum, is a well-preserved historic school located at 20425 South Ellsworth Road at the intersection with East Queen Creek Road in Queen Creek, Arizona. It was built from 1924 to 1925 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, opened for classes in 1926, and closed in 1982, after which it was used for storage by the Queen Creek Unified School District.
In 1990, the building was placed on the Arizona Register of Historical Places. On June 21, 1994, the historical society signed an agreement with the school district, which allowed them to oversee the building's restoration and start a historical museum. The society immediately began the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nomination process for the building, while simultaneously raising funds for its restoration. This application was approved, and the building was listed in 1998.: 1
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75610201