Frisco Schoolhouse

The Frisco Schoolhouse (Site ID 5ST258), now a local museum registered on the National Register of Historic Places,[3] is an original one-room schoolhouse located in the Frisco Historic Park in Frisco, Colorado. The schoolhouse is located on its original location.[4] The building was first built as a saloon in the 1890s and later converted to a school, which now contains original blackboards and school desks. The museum also contains information about Ute people, Dillon Reservoir, mining, late 1800s clothing, and photographs.[1]

Frisco Schoolhouse
Frisco Schoolhouse, Frisco Historic Park
Location120 Main Street, Frisco, Colorado[1]
Coordinates39°34′30″N 106°6′0″W
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No.83001333[2]
Added to NRHPSeptember 15, 1983

The Frisco Historic Park includes other original Frisco buildings from the late 1800s, including: a log chapel, jail, trapper's cabin and furnished homes.[1][4]

Frisco Schoolhouse
  • Frisco Schoolhouse
  • Schoolhouse Interior

Frisco Historic Park

In addition to the Frisco Schoolhouse Museum, the Frisco Historic Park includes the following structures:[5]

  • Bailey House (c. 1895)
  • Bill's Ranch House (c. 1890)
  • Frank and Annie Ruth House (c. 1890)
  • Frisco Jail (c. 1881)
  • Log Chapel (c. 1943)
  • Niemoth Cabin (c. 1931)
  • Prestrud / Staley House (c. 1899)
  • Spring House (c. 1900)
  • Trapper's Cabin (c. 1942)
  • Wood's Cabin (c. 1860)
  • Frisco Historic Park
  • Park and sculpture
  • Bailey House
  • Niemoth Cabin
  • Prestrud Stoley House
  • Trapper's Cabin Interior
  • Woods Cabin
  • Woods Cabin Interior

See also

References
  1. Castrone, Linda; Castrone, James S. (2006) Insiders' Guide to Colorado's Mountains, 3rd Edition. p. 164.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. National Register of Historic Places, Summit County, Colorado Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Wilson, D. Ray (1990) Colorado Historical Tour Guide. Carpentersville, IL: Crossroads Communications. p. 218. ISBN 0-916445-26-7.
  5. Frisco Historic Park & Museum brochure, Frisco Historic Park & Museum, Retrieved June 29, 2012.
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