Location Fruita, Utah Opened 1896 Phone +1 435-425-3791 | Built 1896 Area 809.4 m² Added to NRHP 23 February 1972 | |
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NRHP Reference # 72000098 NRIS (National Register Information System) Address Capitol Reef National Park, UT-24, Torrey, UT 84775, USA Similar Capitol Reef National, Gifford Homestead, Elijah Cutler Behunin, Fremont River, Cathedral Valley Corral | ||
Fruita schoolhouse capitol reef n p utah 9 4 2010
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. 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.
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