Deerfield Beach Elementary School

The Deerfield Beach Elementary School is a historic school in Deerfield Beach, Florida. It is located at 651 Northeast 1st Street and is in the Broward County Public Schools school district. On April 16, 1990, it was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places.

Deerfield Beach Elementary School
Address
650 NE 1st St

Deerfield Beach
,
Florida
33441

United States
Information
School typePublic, Elementary school
Opened1927
School districtBroward County Public Schools
NCES District ID1200180[1]
School number0011
NCES School ID120018000141[2]
PrincipalDrew Gerlach
GradesK–5
Websitewww.browardschools.com/deerfieldbeachelem
Deerfield Beach Elementary School
Coordinates26°19′11″N 80°05′43″W
ArchitectThomas D. McLaughlin
NRHP reference No.90000319[3]
Added to NRHP16 April 1990

Building

Designed by the architectural firm Thomas D. McLaughlin and Associates, and situated on land bought in 1925 by the Broward County Board of Public Instruction for $21,000 the school was built in 1926 and 1927 by the Alfred W. Kimmel Company of Pompano Beach for a cost of $55,000.[4]

History

Despite being one of the country's oldest schools, the school's facilities are still in use. The first Old Deerfield School is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5] The property for the school was obtained by the Broward County Board of Public Instruction in an exchange with the city of Deerfield Beach for the old school property.[6]

References
  1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Broward County Public Schools". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  2. "Search for Public Schools - Deerfield Beach Elementary School (120018000141)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  3. "National Register Information System – Deerfield Beach Elementary School (#90000319)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010.
  4. Bigger, Margaret S.; Walton, R. Douglas (10 January 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Deerfield Beach Elementary School" (PDF). National Park Service.
  5. Soler, Eileen; Cohen, Howard (3 October 2010). "Old school". Neighbors Sunday. Miami Herald (Broward ed.). p. 1BE. Retrieved 25 November 2018 – via NewsBank.
  6. Roesch, Brian (November 2002). Another Sixth Sense: The Fort Lauderdale Story. iUniverse. pp. 143–4. ISBN 978-0-595-25076-9.

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