{"nrhp_refnum":"79000544","name":"Campbell Union Grammar School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11 E. Campbell Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Campbell","county":"Santa Clara County","state":"CA","lat":37.28770161700004,"lon":-121.94898439399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A reinforced concrete grammar school building at 11 East Campbell Avenue, Campbell, Santa Clara County, California, built in 1922 and designed by architect William H. Weeks. It sits on about 3.126 acres at Winchester Boulevard and Campbell Avenue.","why_significant":"The school was the focal point of community identity in Campbell, built after four rural school districts consolidated. Its oversized auditorium served as a community center. It is also a well-sited example of Mediterranean Revival (Spanish Colonial Revival) architecture by Weeks, a prolific designer of northern California schools.","narrative":"Campbell Union Grammar School is a reinforced concrete school building on the northeast corner of Winchester Boulevard and Campbell Avenue in Campbell, California. Designed by architect William H. Weeks and completed in 1922, it was built after four rural districts, Hamilton, San Tomas, Meridian and Campbell, consolidated and voters approved a $155,000 bond. The original E-shaped plan was later enclosed around a courtyard by two additions in 1926 and 1929. Its low-pitched red tile roof, symmetrical facade and triple-arched entry portico reflect Mediterranean Revival design. The large auditorium, bigger than the student body required, made the school a community center in a town not incorporated until 1952. It served as a grammar school until 1964, then as the first campus of West Valley Junior College until 1976, and has been vacant since. Weeks built more schools in northern California than any other architect of his period.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1922)","architect_builder":"William H. Weeks","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival / Mediterranean Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant since 1976 after use by West Valley Junior College; interior vandalized and glazing broken, though a 1978 engineer's report found the structure in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.543703-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000544.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000544/85da989238-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000544/85da989238-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Flickr user roarofthefour","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campbell_Union_Grammar_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Flickr user roarofthefour</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campbell_Union_Grammar_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861649","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Union_Grammar_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23808756"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/santa-clara-county/campbell-union-grammar-school-79000544/"}