Harmon School (Fallon, Nevada)

Coordinates: 39°29′26″N 118°41′17″W / 39.49056°N 118.68806°W / 39.49056; -118.68806
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Harmon School
School building in 2012
Harmon School (Fallon, Nevada) is located in Nevada
Harmon School (Fallon, Nevada)
Harmon School (Fallon, Nevada) is located in the United States
Harmon School (Fallon, Nevada)
LocationJunction of Kirn Rd. and Harmon Rd.
Nearest cityFallon, Nevada
Coordinates39°29′26″N 118°41′17″W / 39.49056°N 118.68806°W / 39.49056; -118.68806
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1915
Built byKaiser, Lon (contractor); Wildes, Mark (carpenter)[2]
NRHP reference No.89000055[1]
Added to NRHPMay 23, 1989

The Harmon School, at Kirn Rd. and Harmon Rd. near Fallon, Nevada, is a historic building that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The listing included three contributing buildings on 10 acres (4.0 ha). It has served as a school, as a meeting hall, and as a music facility.[1]

According to its NRHP nomination, the school is significant as "the only intact, early twentieth century, rural school complex to be documented in the state", and as one of only two surviving rural schools in Churchill County.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Myrl Nygren and Kathryn M. Kuranda (August 21, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Harmon School". National Park Service. and accompanying eight photos from 1989