{"nrhp_refnum":"72000264","name":"Canon School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"0.5 mi. N of Brooks","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooks","county":"Yolo County","state":"CA","lat":38.74897752500004,"lon":-122.10556926899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-06-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-room wooden schoolhouse, 40 by 20 feet, at the southwest corner of California Highway 16 and Yolo County Road 76, about half a mile north of Brooks in the Capay Valley, Yolo County, California. It was built in 1884, with a belfry added in 1902.","why_significant":"The school is the third in a succession of schools in the Capay Valley and served the surrounding rural community. It was a focus of community pride, and its building and improvements came from the collective efforts of local residents. The nomination presents it as a monument to the era of one-room schoolhouses serving rural populations.","narrative":"Canon School is a small wooden schoolhouse near Brooks in California's Capay Valley, measuring 40 by 20 feet. It was built in 1884 after fire destroyed the second school on the site, and the name changed from Central View to Canon at that time. It followed earlier schools built in 1861 and 1868. The frame building has wood siding, a shingled pitched roof, two south-facing entrances, a covered porch and an interior stage at the north end. A wooden belfry added in 1902 once held the bell that opened each school day. One teacher taught about 35 pupils aged 6 to 16 through eight grades, with older children helping younger ones. The teacher earned $65 in 1901. The school was also a gathering point for the community, and local residents carried out its construction and improvements. Today the building is unoccupied, with boarded windows, a damaged porch and an empty interior, though its structure remains in good condition.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date 1884","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in fair condition and altered. The structure is sound, but the porch and roof are in disrepair, the windows are boarded up and the interior is empty and littered with debris.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.760172-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/72000264.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000264/d173ce9e52-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000264/d173ce9e52-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Yolorose","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canon_School_1868_Brooks_Yolo_County_California.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Yolorose</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canon_School_1868_Brooks_Yolo_County_California.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862382","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133571639"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/yolo-county/canon-school-72000264/"}