McKinley Park School, Spanish Colonial Revival school building in Reno, United States.
McKinley Park School is a Spanish Colonial Revival school building in Reno featuring a U-shaped layout with a south-facing courtyard. The structure displays characteristic stucco walls and arched windows typical of this architectural style.
Built in 1909 by the architectural firm George A. Ferris and Son, the school became one of four important educational buildings that shaped Reno's early urban development. Its recognition on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 acknowledged its architectural importance to the region.
The school belongs to the Spanish Quartet, a group of four educational institutions constructed during Reno's early 20th-century expansion period.
The building now serves as the City of Reno Recreation Center, offering office space and facilities for community programs located at Riverside Drive and Keystone Avenue. The site is easily accessible with distinctive architectural features visible from the street.
The building is part of a quartet of four similar schools built during Reno's early expansion period, together forming a cohesive architectural ensemble. This group of structures shares a unified design philosophy from the early 1900s.
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