Ashland Elementary School, also known as Ashland Grade School (according to its

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 artistic v ...

listing), is a public elementary school in

Ashland, Kansas Ashland is a city in and the county seat of Clark County, Kansas, Clark County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 783. History Ashland lies along what was once a military roa ...

. It is a part of

USD 220 Ashland Public Schools Ashland USD 220 is a public unified school district headquartered in Ashland, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Ashland, Englewood, Sitka, and nearby rural areas. Schools The school district operates the follow ...

. Located at 210 W. 7th St. in

, was built in 1937 with

Public Works Administration The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Recove ...

funding. It was listed on the NRHP in 2005. It is a two-story red brick building designed with elements of

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 style ...

style. It has a flat roof with a

parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/breast'). Whe ...

with stone detailing. With . It was deemed significant "as the public grade school in Ashland, an important component in the development and survival of the small rural community in southwest Kansas....and also significant ... as a representative of a New Deal Era school and the work of regional school architect Glen H. Thomas."

References

External links

*
Ashland Elementary School
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Neoclassical architecture in Kansas School buildings completed in 1937 Clark County, Kansas Public elementary schools in Kansas {{Kansas-NRHP-stub