Grizzly Bluff School

Grizzly Bluff School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Grizzly Bluff School in 2012
Location:	Grizzly Bluff Road & East Ferry Road, California United States
Coordinates:	40°33′44″N 124°10′16″W
Built:	1871
Architect:	John Davenport & Tom Dix
Architectural style:	Greek Revival
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	79000476
Added to NRHP:	1979

The Grizzly Bluff School was an historic school in the farm fields outside Ferndale, California. Students came from the surrounding Eel River valley to attend a one-room school earlier than the construction of the first known school building.

Tom Dix and John Davenport built the current building in 1871, and the ornamental windbreak was planted in 1878. In the 1880s, the building was moved away from the road and placed on a new foundation.

Old Presbyterian Church at Grizzly Bluff

In 1900, more space was needed to support a large number of students and the old Presbyterian Church nearby was converted to schoolrooms. By 1976, the school continued only grades one through four. Students from fifth and attended Ferndale Elementary School. Grizzly Bluff School closed its doors for the last time on 30 June 30 1989.

Sources

• Carlson, Beverly, editor; Ferndale Union High School, class of 1977 (1977). Where the ferns grew tall: An early history of Ferndale. Charleston, South Caroline: Ferndale Union High School. p. 379. 0-7385-2890-0. 
• National Register Information System (2008-04-15). "National Register of Historic Places". National Park Service. Retrieved 03 March 2011. 
• "California School Directory". California Department of Education. Retrieved 03 April 2011.