Cortez High School

121 E. First St., Cortez, Colorado. County/parish: Montezuma.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 22, 2016. NRIS 16000098.

1 contributing building. 1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • Calkins Building/5MT.12697
  • Cortez School, Calkins School

From Wikipedia:

Old Cortez High School

Cortez High School, at 121 E. First St. in Cortez, Colorado, was built in 1909 and operated as a school until 1968.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

It was Cortez' old high school, most recently Calkins Jr. High School. It became a junior high school in 1946 when Montezuma-Cortez High School opened.

Its National Register nomination document was not available during government shutdown in January 2019.

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