Douglas County High School (Gardnerville, Nevada)

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Douglas County High School
Douglas County High School (Gardnerville, Nevada) is located in Nevada
Douglas County High School (Gardnerville, Nevada)
Location 1670 Hwy 88
Minden, Nevada
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Built 1915
Architect Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 92000117
Added to NRHP March 9, 1992

Douglas County High School was the high school serving Douglas County, Nevada from 1915 to the mid-1950s when it became a middle school. In 1988 the building was retired from educational uses. Designed by prolific Nevada architect Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps, it serves today as both the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center and a middle school and is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.[1]

Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center

The 'Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center is operated by the Douglas County Historical Society. The museum's displays include a "Main Street" exhibit with period businesses such as a mercantile, dry goods store and drug store, doctor's office, barbershop and newspaper office. Other exhibits include area Basque immigrants, Native Americans, Nevada's wild and free-roaming mustangs.[2]

Douglas High School

The high school moved to Minden. It is known as Douglas High School and is still in operation today.

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