LASR.net Homepage




Menu

Garcia School


category : Historic Schoolhouses
Garcia School This red brick schoolhouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1905, replacing the wooden school on this land.

"Little remains of the old one-room schoolhouses built of logs, adobe, frame, or brick which proliferated across Arizona in the late 1800s.

This fine brick example replaced the wooden school moved across town from the Vulture Gold Mine in 1896 and placed on the land donated by Don Yagnacio Garcia, a trustee of School District 9 and a benefactor to the town." - Arizona State Historical Marker

It was restored by the Wickenburg Community Bank in 1984 and given to the WCO in 2003.


Address: N. Tegner and Yavapai Streets
Phone: 928-684-5479
Historic Walking Tour #3

Come visit us in Wickenburg, Arizona

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Jail Tree

This 200 year-old mesquite tree once served as Wickenburg's Jail. From 1863 to 1890

Wickenburg, AZ Pioneer History

Santa Fe Depot

The Santa Fe Depot at Wickenburg, Arizona, was the last of the original wooden depots on the Santa Fe Railroad Line by the 1920s, when Santa Fe decided the "old wooden depot"

Wickenburg, AZ Railroad History

E. Bowman, PRCA Champ

Everett Bowman made Wickenburg his home after a highlighted career as a World Champion, All-Around Cowboy. Born in Hope, New Mexico in July, 1899, Everett Bowman was World Champion in 1935 - 1937; champion steer wrestler in 1930, 1935 and 1938; champion steer roper in 1927;

Wickenburg, AZ Famous People

Vulture Peak

Vulture Peak Trail is a short but steep trail that takes hikers from the base of Vulture Peak (2,480 feet) to a saddle (3,420 feet) just below the summit in only two miles. From this point, experienced hikers can "scramble" up an extremely steep and narrow "chute"

Wickenburg, AZ Hiking Trails

Historical Walking Tour

The Chamber of Commerce has developed a self-guided brochure of historic town buildings with a map of their locations. Numbered copper plates on the outside of buildings correspond to numbers in the brochure with ten buildings awarded listings on the National Historic Register.

Wickenburg, AZ Tours

Things to do Historic Schoolhouses near Wickenburg, AZ