Fairfield Schoolhouse

The Fairfield District School was built in 1898, replacing Fairfield's original adobe school built in 1870. Its architect, Richard C. Watson, also designed the Peteetneet School in Payson, Maeser School, and the Knight Block Building in Provo. Ethel Warnick Mecham, who taught there in 1925, recalled that about 20 children attended classes, loved stories and singing songs, played Rounders at recess, and that the boys liked to wrestle. Despite the efforts of Fairfield parents, students, and teachers to keep it open, the school was forced to close in 1939. Restoration of the schoolhouse was completed in 2005, and today it plays an important part in the educational mission of Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum, serving for social gatherings, educational programs, and local meetings.

Fairfield, Utah · United States