The Hernando Elementary School is a one-story masonry building erected between 1941 and 1942 through county and state cooperation with the Works Progress Administration. This red brick school stands on land acquired through a U.S. government land grant awarded to Edward Croft in 1885 and succeeded several earlier wooden schools. Designed by Henry L. Taylor, who also designed the Vinoy Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida, the building is distinguished by its irregular shape and Colonial Revival detailing. Its high level of craftsmanship and architectural integrity have been retained, making it an architecturally significant building in the community of Hernando and Citrus County, and it was placed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 2001, as the oldest historic public building in Hernando, Florida.