{"nrhp_refnum":"81000168","name":"Brighton School","other_names":["Edward Kelly School"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"3312 Bradshaw Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sacramento","county":"Sacramento County","state":"CA","lat":38.562185492000026,"lon":-121.33683837499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-04-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-room wooden schoolhouse at 3312 Bradshaw Road, Sacramento, on a 1.06-acre site. The current building dates from 1891, with a 15-foot extension added after 1900, and the school was founded in 1869 as Brighton School, later renamed Edward Kelly School.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is the oldest school on its original site in Sacramento County in continuous use as a school, and possibly the oldest of its type in California. It also cites its classic 19th-century appearance, community efforts to keep it open, and its designation as a local city and county landmark in 1975.","narrative":"Edward Kelly School, originally called Brighton School, is a one-room wooden schoolhouse on Bradshaw Road in Sacramento. The school district dates to a 1856 petition, and the site was sold to the district by Edward Kelly in 1869. After fires, the present building was erected in 1891. It measures 32 by 65 feet, rests on a brick foundation, and has a full-width front porch and an eight-foot-square belfry. Fishscale shingles and bandsaw work decorate the front, and a 15-foot extension was added later. Nominators describe it as the oldest school in Sacramento County still operating on its original site, and possibly in California. The school was renamed for Kelly in 1923 and was designated a city and county landmark in 1975. Bicentennial volunteers repaired it by 1977, and residents and parents helped defeat a plan to move it for a road extension. It served as a pre-school program site.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1869)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classic 19th-century one-room schoolhouse with 1890s ornamental woodwork (wooden vernacular)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and occupied, used as a pre-school program; the school district stated in 1980 that it does not plan to move the building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.867621-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/81000168.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000168/1fe0a67da1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000168/1fe0a67da1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Asilvero","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_Kelley_School_(formerly_Brighton_School)_-_HDR.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Asilvero</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:Edward_Kelley_School_(formerly_Brighton_School)_-_HDR.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860549","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_School_(Sacramento,_California)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4967715"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/sacramento-county/brighton-school-81000168/"}