Fruita Schoolhouse

Fruita Schoolhouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Fruita, Utah
Coordinates	38°17′17.19″N 111°14′53.27″W / 38.2881083°N 111.2481306°WCoordinates: 38°17′17.19″N 111°14′53.27″W / 38.2881083°N 111.2481306°W
Area	Capitol Reef
Built	1896
NRHP Reference #	72000098 NRIS (National Register Information System)
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1972

The Fruita Schoolhouse is located in Fruita, Utah. The Behunin family, early settlers of the Capitol Reef area, donated the land in 1892. For over a decade the school had a dirt roof and in 1935 the bare walls were chinked in.^[1] Elijah Cutler Behunin donated the land for the school and his daughter, Nettie Behunin, was the school's first teacher. In 1895 the school became part of the Junction School Precinct and remained a functional grade school until 1941. From 1941 until its induction into the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973, the building was unoccupied.^[2]

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References

1. http://www.nps.gov/archive/care/school.htm Fruita Schoolhouse http://www.nps.gov, (accessed 04 November 2008)
2. Fruita School house PDF — National Register of Historic Places - Original Nomination Form

External links

Media related to Fruita Schoolhouse at Wikimedia Commons

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. UT-21, "Fruita School House, State Route 24, Fruita, Wayne County, UT", 5 photos, 3 measured drawings, 5 data pages