{"nrhp_refnum":"76000477","name":"Sutter Creek Grammar School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Between Broad and Cole Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sutter Creek","county":"Amador County","state":"CA","lat":38.395281311000076,"lon":-120.80033988699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick former grammar school in Sutter Creek, Amador County, California, between Broad and Cole Streets. The west wing was built in 1870-71, and a north-south wing was added a few years later, giving a T-shaped plan.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school reflects the prosperity of a Mother Lode gold-mining town and its commitment to quality education. It is described as one of the last remaining two-story brick schoolhouses in the Mother Lode, with a Classical Revival original wing and an Italianate rear addition. Alterations are described as minor, and only the Columbia brick school is cited as comparable.","narrative":"Built in 1870-71, the old Sutter Creek Grammar School is a T-shaped, two-story brick schoolhouse on a landscaped slope overlooking the town. It replaced an earlier wooden school that burned in 1870. The original west wing has Classical Revival lines, a low gabled roof, a plain cornice and a small belfry. A rear north-south wing, added within a few years, shows Italianate influence in its tall arched windows and bracketed cornice. The school served the town until 1956. Its listing rests on what it shows about a Mother Lode mining community that invested in a substantial school during a period of hardrock gold mining prosperity. Most schoolhouses in the region were small wood-frame buildings, and the nomination names only the brick school in Columbia as comparable. Changes include enlarged windows in the 1920s, a sheet metal roof over the wood shingles and a smaller front door. At the time of listing, local groups hoped to convert it to a community center.","period_of_significance":"1871-1956","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival (original west wing) with Italianate influence in the north-south wing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Closed as a school in 1956 and used by the school district for storage; fair condition, with some windows boarded. It was leased to a local women's club, which was raising funds to bring it up to code and reopen it as a community center.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.289154-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/76000477.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000477/ef0c225f11-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76000477/ef0c225f11-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"KarenTeague","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sutter_Creek_Grammar_School_1871--building_view.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">KarenTeague</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sutter_Creek_Grammar_School_1871--building_view.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858418","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124734877"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/amador-county/sutter-creek-grammar-school-76000477/"}