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Garcia School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Garcia School in 2013.
Location in the state of Arizona
Location	245 N. Tegner Street, Wickenburg, Arizona, United States
Coordinates	33°58′15.40″N 112°43′56.07″W / 33.9709444°N 112.7322417°W / 33.9709444; -112.7322417
Built	1905
NRHP reference No.	82002087
Added to NRHP	April 1, 1982

The Garcia School is a historic school building in Wickenburg, Arizona, and is considered to be the best example of a brick one-room schoolhouse surviving in the state.

The Garcia School, also known as the Little Red Schoolhouse or the Garcia Little Red Schoolhouse, was built of red brick in 1905 on land donated by a local pioneer named Don Ignacio Garcia, who is now considered to be the "father of Wickenburg education". It replaced a small wooden schoolhouse that was moved from Vulture City, Arizona, in 1895, and cost $1,600 to build.

The Garcia School was used by students until as late as the 1970s and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 1982. It was badly burned in a fire in 1978, but was restored in 1984 and used as a Community Bank of Arizona building until 2003, when it was donated to the Wickenburg Cultural Organization (WCO). It is now used as a local history museum, the office for the WCO, and by the Wickenburg Chamber Orchestra for musical education.

• An early photo of the students and the schoolhouse, c. 1910.
• The Garcia School in 2014.

See also

• Little Red Schoolhouse
• National Register of Historic Places in Maricopa County, Arizona

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: The Garcia School" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-03. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. "The Garcia Little Red Schoolhouse". Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
3. "Historic Destinations and Their Stories: Little Red School House in Wickenburg, Arizona". 13 May 2012. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
4. "Landmarkhunter.com: Garcia School". Retrieved 2015-01-03.
5. "Wickenburg Children's Cultural Organization". Retrieved 2015-01-03.
6. "Arizona Stories: Little Red Schoolhouse". Retrieved 2015-01-03.

• Schools in Maricopa County, Arizona
• School buildings completed in 1905
• 1905 establishments in Arizona Territory
• History of Maricopa County, Arizona
• School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
• Schoolhouses in Arizona
• One-room schoolhouses in Arizona
• National Register of Historic Places in Maricopa County, Arizona