Fourth Ward School Museum
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The Fourth Ward School Museum is a historic 19th-century four-story wooden schoolhouse in Virginia City, Nevada, preserved as a museum showcasing local Comstock-era education and community history.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heritage site
ⓘ
historic school building ⓘ museum ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Second Empire ⓘ |
| coordinates | 39.3106°N 119.6497°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentFunction | museum ⓘ |
| floorCount | 4 ⓘ |
| hasEducationalProgram |
local history education
ⓘ
school tours ⓘ |
| hasExhibit |
19th-century classroom reconstructions
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Comstock-era education ⓘ Virginia City social history ⓘ local community history ⓘ mining-era artifacts ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
assembly hall
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central pavilion ⓘ historic school desks ⓘ mansard roof ⓘ original classrooms ⓘ period blackboards ⓘ school bell tower ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| inception | 1876 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nevada
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Storey County, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia City, Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricDistrict | Virginia City Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the last remaining four-story wooden school buildings in the United States
ⓘ
representation of 19th-century public education in a mining boomtown ⓘ |
| NRHPListingYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 76001144 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | building ⓘ |
| numberOfStoreys | 4 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Fourth Ward School Museum Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalFunction |
grammar school
ⓘ
high school ⓘ public school ⓘ |
| partOf | Virginia City Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preserves |
artifacts from 19th-century education
ⓘ
historic school records ⓘ photographs of Virginia City schools ⓘ |
| region | Comstock Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantPeriod |
Comstock Lode era
NERFINISHED
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| usedAsSchoolUntil | 1936 ⓘ |
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