Springerville High School
Springerville, Arizona

Description: High School
Other Names: Round Valley High School
Address:  600 N. Bulter Springerville, Apache County, Arizona
Type: educational: high school
Original Client: [local school district]
Historic Inventory:
Date: ca. 1910
Condition: demolished around the end of the 70’s, replaced by a large structure with an imposing profile

Architect or Firm: Henry C. Trost
Associated Architect or Firm: Trost & Trost
Contractors:
Dimensions and Orientation: one story, façade 132 feet across; side wings 76 feet deep
Budget/Cost:

Foundation: unknown
Wall Materials: adobe, later stuccoed over
Roofing Materials: probably shingle
Other Materials Used:
Remodeling and Additions: a brick addition of ca. 1930 to the rear

Present Owner: [local school district]
Location of Drawings: None known to exist
Location of Documentary Photographs: El Paso Public Library: Ponsford 494, façade

Bibliography:

Remarks: Round Valley High School was organized in 1921 as a free public tax supported institution after LDS church leaders abolished the system of State Academies. This building was constructed in 1924 and occupied in 1925 after students has been attending classes in the Eager chapel building. The school was demolished in 70s, and a new school was built on the same site.

If you look at the Ponsford 494 and the picture from 1924, you will notice that the basic structure is the same. The front had been altered (entrance widen, but windows remain the same).

Prepared for the El Paso Public Library by Lloyd C. and June F. Engelbrecht under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1990.