{"nrhp_refnum":"77000335","name":"El Dorado Elementary School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Harding Way and Pacific Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stockton","county":"San Joaquin County","state":"CA","lat":37.96706892100008,"lon":-121.29936315799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-08-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"El Dorado Elementary School is a two-story, U-shaped brick school building at the northwest corner of Harding Way and Pacific Avenue in Stockton, California, built in 1916 and designed by architect William J. Wright.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the school an unusually fine example of modified Tudor Elizabethan/Jacobethan architecture, notable for its design and workmanship. It argues the style was rarely used for a grammar school and may be an important regional adaptation. The school has also served the community as a school since 1916.","narrative":"El Dorado Elementary School is a two-story, U-shaped brick building at Harding Way and Pacific Avenue in Stockton, completed in 1916 to designs by Stockton architect William J. Wright. Its red brick walls are trimmed with white terra cotta and white brick, and the roof is grey-green slate. Details include Flemish bond brickwork, quoined corners with finials, clustered chimneys, and an entry portico with a shallow Gothic arch, spiral colonettes and a castellated balcony. In 1922 eight classrooms were added to the north and south wings, closely matching the original work. The courtyard between the wings was later roofed over as a covered play area. The nomination values the school as an unusually fine example of modified Tudor Elizabethan and Jacobethan design, a style rarely used for grammar schools and similar to buildings at the University of the Pacific. It has operated as an elementary school since 1916, shaping a generation of Stockton residents.","period_of_significance":"1916 (1922 additions)","architect_builder":"Wm. Wright and Louis Stone; William J. Wright, architect; Frank Mayo built the 1922 addition","architectural_style":"Modified Tudor Elizabethan / Jacobethan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used continuously as an elementary school since its construction; owned by the school district.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.333625-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/77000335.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000335/b657e89375-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000335/b657e89375-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Aivaliotis","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Dorado_Elementary_School_-_Stockton,_CA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Aivaliotis</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:El_Dorado_Elementary_School_-_Stockton,_CA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861375","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Dorado_Elementary_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65073774"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-joaquin-county/el-dorado-elementary-school-77000335/"}