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Milpitas Grammar School, now part of the Milpitas Library, is an educational building in
Milpitas Public Library grand opening
''Tri-City Voice'', January 7, 2009, Accessed July 30, 2009.
Milpitas History Homepage, Accessed July 30, 2009. The structure was built by the architect's brother, Theodore Linfield Wolfe, in 1916 for $13,212, and had offices, at least four classrooms, and an auditorium. During the three years of construction, school was held in a building on a nearby ranch. The building was used as a school until 1956, a few years after the city was incorporated in 1954. The current Milpitas High School traces its roots to the school. Afterward the building served various roles including as Milpitas City Hall, Police Department, library and the Milpitas Senior Center. The city conducted a restoration in 1990.
In 2006, the structure was integrated into a much larger public library that opened on January 10, 2009. The , two-level library is the largest in the Santa Clara County Library system, and places the Milpitas Grammar School building in the center and bookends it with wings to the north and south. The school's original open courtyard was covered with a tensile fabric roof to filter the sunlight.
Milpitas Library website
{{National Register of Historic Places School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California Neoclassical architecture in California Buildings and structures in Milpitas, California National Register of Historic Places in Santa Clara County, California School buildings completed in 1916 1916 establishments in California
Milpitas, California
Milpitas ( Spanish for "little milpas") is a city in Santa Clara County, California, in Silicon Valley. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 80,273. The city's origins lie in Rancho Milpitas, granted to Californio ranchero José ...
. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...
on July 22, 1993.
The Greek Revival
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...
building (listed on the NRHP as Classical Revival
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing styl ...
) was designed by Frank Delos Wolfe to replace an earlier two story Victorian-style wooden schoolhouse that burned down in 1912.Leslie StobbeMilpitas Public Library grand opening
''Tri-City Voice'', January 7, 2009, Accessed July 30, 2009.
Milpitas History Homepage, Accessed July 30, 2009. The structure was built by the architect's brother, Theodore Linfield Wolfe, in 1916 for $13,212, and had offices, at least four classrooms, and an auditorium. During the three years of construction, school was held in a building on a nearby ranch. The building was used as a school until 1956, a few years after the city was incorporated in 1954. The current Milpitas High School traces its roots to the school. Afterward the building served various roles including as Milpitas City Hall, Police Department, library and the Milpitas Senior Center. The city conducted a restoration in 1990.
In 2006, the structure was integrated into a much larger public library that opened on January 10, 2009. The , two-level library is the largest in the Santa Clara County Library system, and places the Milpitas Grammar School building in the center and bookends it with wings to the north and south. The school's original open courtyard was covered with a tensile fabric roof to filter the sunlight.
References
External links
Milpitas Library website
{{National Register of Historic Places School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California Neoclassical architecture in California Buildings and structures in Milpitas, California National Register of Historic Places in Santa Clara County, California School buildings completed in 1916 1916 establishments in California