Douglas County High School (Nevada)
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Douglas County High School
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| image = Douglas County High School.JPG
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| location = 1670 Hwy 88
Gardnerville, Nevada
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| coordinates = {{coord|38|56|41|N|119|45|06|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Nevada#USA
| area =
| built = 1915
| architect = Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps
| architecture = Classical Revival
| added = March 9, 1992
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| refnum = 92000117
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Douglas County High School was the high school serving Douglas County, Nevada from 1915 to the mid-1950s when it became a middle school. In 1988, the building was retired from educational uses. Designed by prolific Nevada architect Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps, it serves today as both the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center and a middle school and is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web |url=http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/DOCS/shpo/entries/douglas.htm |title=Nevada Entries in the National Register of Historic Places |accessdate=2007-03-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923015413/http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/shpo/entries/douglas.htm |archivedate=2006-09-23 }}
Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center
The Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center is operated by the Douglas County Historical Society. The museum's displays include a "Main Street" exhibit with period businesses such as a mercantile, dry goods and drug store, doctor's office, barbershop and newspaper office. Other exhibits include area Basque immigrants, Native Americans, Nevada's wild and free-roaming mustangs.{{cite web|title=Museums, Historic Sites & Points of Interest|url=http://www.visitcarsonvalley.org/what-to-do/leisure-and-arts.html?sid=32:Museums-Historic-Sites-and-Points-of-Interest|publisher=Visit Carson Valley|accessdate=10 May 2015}}
Douglas High School
The high school moved to Minden. It is known as Douglas High School and is still in operation today.
References
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External links
- {{commons category-inline|Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center}}
- [http://www.historicnv.org/ Douglas County Historical Society]
- [http://dcsd.k12.nv.us/dhs/ Douglas High School]
- [http://dcsd.k12.nv.us/ Douglas County School District]
File:Douglas High School Minden Nevada.jpg
{{Nevada State Historic Places/Douglas}}
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Douglas County, Nevada
Category:Defunct schools in Nevada
Category:Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps buildings
Category:Schools in Douglas County, Nevada
Category:Neoclassical architecture in Nevada
Category:School buildings completed in 1915
Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
Category:1915 establishments in Nevada
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