AV Historical POI - Apple Valley Original School Traditional Cache

This is a series of caches that showcases historical points of interest in the Town of Apple Valley.
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Original Apple Valley School Site
Southwest corner of Bear Valley and Deep Creek Roads

The Apple Valley School District was formed in the 1908-1909 school year. The first classes were held at the John Caroll Ranch. In 1913 the school moved to the Bear Valley/Deep Creek site on land donated by the Westphals. In the 1930s, community members and the Grange added to the school as part of a WPA project (Works Progress Administration—a work relief program developed under Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt as part of the “New Deal”). The new kitchen, stage and large meeting room served the students and also provided a community center for meetings and activities. It occupied this site until the buildings were moved to Yucca Loma Road in January 1950. The building was in use on that site until 1955 when it was moved to a site east of the school campus where it continued to be used for school purposes and as a youth center until it was dismantled in 1978. The bell was preserved at the District Office site on Bear Valley Road.

In 1992, an excavation of the site was conducted by Dr. Lee Kinney with the Historical Preservation Committee, Victor Valley Museum and Victor Valley College. Besides old school supplies, the excavation provided a construction history of the school.

- From the brochure Historical Points of Interest in AppleValley