{"nrhp_refnum":"78000697","name":"Greenwood, Barbara, Kindergarten","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hacienda Pl. and McKinley Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pomona","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":34.07542468200006,"lon":-117.75542163299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, wood-frame Craftsman-style kindergarten building at the southeast corner of Hacienda Place and McKinley Avenue in Pomona, California, designed in 1908 by architect Ferdinand Davis and since moved to its present site.","why_significant":"It is the most important remaining structure tied to Barbara Greenwood, a nationally known pioneer in early childhood education who had a profound impact in Pomona. Architect Ferdinand Davis worked with her on the 1908 design, which scaled seats, window sills and plumbing to small children. Both of her Pomona residences have been razed, so this is the only local structure associated with her.","narrative":"Built in 1908 as Pomona's central kindergarten, this one-story Craftsman bungalow has a wood-shingle exterior, a hipped roof with gablets and a gabled entrance porch. Architect Ferdinand Davis designed it with educator Barbara Greenwood, who had supervised Pomona's kindergarten from 1901 and later led the kindergarten department at the Los Angeles Normal School and helped found California's first nursery school. Her ideas shaped the interior, which has low seats and window sills, child-scaled plumbing and a small stage for play acting. The school district abandoned the building in 1974. Community subscription then paid to move it in 1976 to save it from demolition, its third move. The original chimney and round gable window have been removed, and a cement block foundation was added. Restoration is under way, with plans for a museum beside the city's first residence. Because Greenwood's Pomona homes are gone, it is the only local structure linked to her.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Ferdinand Davis","architectural_style":"California Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Deteriorated but not substantially altered; moved three times, most recently in 1976. Doors and windows are boarded against vandals, and restoration is under way, with plans to convert it into a museum.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.590756-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000697.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000697/f4dd441179-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000697/f4dd441179-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Einbierbitte","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barbara_Greenwood_Kindergarten_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Einbierbitte</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:Barbara_Greenwood_Kindergarten_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859164","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133294743"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/greenwood-barbara-kindergarten-78000697/"}