Glendale School

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Glendale School

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| image = Glendale School (Sparks, Nevada) from NW 1.JPG

| caption = Glendale School in Victorian Square

| location = Victorian Avenue, Sparks, Nevada

| coordinates = {{coord|39.5345|-119.7548|region:US-NV_type:edu|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Nevada#USA

| built = 1864

| builder = Bryant, Archie

| added = January 30, 1978

| area = {{convert|1|acre}}

| refnum = 78001729{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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The Glendale School of Sparks, Nevada, is the oldest remaining schoolhouse in the state and is also reported to be the longest operating school in the state. It was built in 1864 and served as a school until 1958. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

It was deemed significant as the first educational institution in the "Truckee Meadows" area, where, in 1857, Charles C. Gates and John F. Stone created a rope ferry across the Truckee River and opened a trading post, leading to further development. It was built by Archie Bryant.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=78001729}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Glendale School |author=Philip I. Earl and Robert Fink |date=May 19, 1977 |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=78001729|title=accompanying photo from 1975|photos=y}}

In 1976, the school building was moved to a site near the intersection in Reno, and in 1993, it was moved again, to its current location, part of the Victorian Square development in Sparks.{{cite book |last=Walpole |first=Jeanne Lauf |date=2007 |title=Insiders Guide to Reno and Lake Tahoe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fgaxdath7asC&pg=PA148 |location=Guilford, CT |publisher=Morris Book Publishing |page=148 |isbn=978-0-7627-4190-8 |access-date=April 9, 2014 }}

File:Glendale School, Nevada Historical Marker No. 169, Sparks, Nevada (6402405863).jpg