National Register of Historic Places in Mendocino County
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Photo submitted with NRHP nomination form
Courtesy National Park Service
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Point Arena High School
200 Lake Street
Point Arena
Built 1936
Formal schooling began in the area in 1860. The first high school building was erected in 1907.
In the 1930s, California funds were allocated to school construction as a consequence of the Long Beach earthquake. Federal assistance became available under New Deal programs. These funds allowed construction of the current building.
The design is a subdued rendering of the international style with stucco exterior, horizontal banding, and many banks of industrial casement windows.
When the school opened in 1936, it was the largest building in Point Arena, a distinction it still enjoyed when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Source: NRHP nomination submitted in 1990.
A new high school was built on Lake Street nearby in 1969. The historic school pictured here was demolished.