The Benson Elementary School, at 3440 N. 3000 West in

Benson, Utah Benson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cache County, Utah, United States. It is immediately south of Amalga, across State Route 218, and is west of the Logan-Cache Airport. The population was 1,485 at the 2010 census. It is included in t ...

, was built in 1935. It was listed on the

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in 1985. It was a

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-style

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, built of locally manufactured yellow bricks. One wing had a parapeted gable roof. With Originally built as a local elementary school, in 1969 the building began to be used for the Cache Instructional Workshop, a vocational school for people with disabilities. Years later the program was moved, and the building was demolished sometime between 1993 and 2002.

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Schools in Utah PWA Moderne architecture in Utah National Register of Historic Places in Cache County, Utah School buildings completed in 1935 {{Utah-NRHP-stub