{"nrhp_refnum":"08000519","name":"Lake City School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"27586 Lake City Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lake City","county":"Elk County","state":"PA","lat":40.055415477000054,"lon":-78.92619652599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-06-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Lake City School is a two-story wood frame vernacular school building on a lot in the unincorporated village of Lake City, Elk County, Pennsylvania, along Pennsylvania Route 949. It was built in 1889 and moved to its present site that year, with a second story added.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant for its role in the public school system of Spring Creek Township from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century, and for its architecture as an intact late nineteenth-century rural school. It describes the building as the best-preserved rural school in Elk County and the only surviving Spring Creek Township school.","narrative":"Lake City School is a two-story wood frame building on a sandstone foundation in the village of Lake City, Elk County, Pennsylvania. Its beveled shiplap siding, gable roof and open belfry are largely original or were reconstructed from historic photographs. The school was moved to its present site in 1889 and a second story was added within a month, producing a two-room building that was larger than most rural schools in the county. It served grades one through eight until 1942 and also hosted box socials, spelling bees and church services before the Methodist congregation built its own house of worship in 1897. Afterward the building served as a polling place and community center. It is significant for its long role in rural education in southwestern Elk County and as an intact example of a vernacular rural school. The nomination describes it as the best-preserved rural school in the county, and it retains its interior plan, original doors, wainscoting and blackboards.","period_of_significance":"1889-1942","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"NO STYLE","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 2004 and used for community gatherings; school operation ceased in 1942.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.419313-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/08000519.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000519/e1f9e90782-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000519/e1f9e90782-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_City_School_Apr_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_City_School_Apr_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998215","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6475384"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/elk-county/lake-city-school-08000519/"}