Rittenhouse Elementary School

Construction of a new schoolhouse began in 1924 while classes were held in an old cook shack once used by muleskinners clearing the land. Named after Charles Rittenhouse, the school was built as a three-room, u-shaped building of Arizona red brick with transom windows, tongue-and-groove oak floors, and real slate blackboards. In 1936 restrooms and two more buildings were added to the rear. The school was first heated by steam from a boiler and room radiators, which were eventually replaced by gas heaters hung from the ceilings. It was placed on the Arizona Historical Registry in 1990 and then the National Register of Historical Places in 1998, and it is under constant restoration by the San Tan Historical Society.

Queen Creek, Arizona · United States