National and State Register

Rio Blanco County High School

Rio Blanco County

The 1924 two-story building of rough-cut thinly coursed local sandstone includes a gymnasium wing extending from the rear of the rectangular classroom portion. 

A view of the red bricked school from a mostly side view with large windows on the front and arched entrances.

Rio Blanco County High School (1992 photograph.)

The floor plan is typical of secondary educational facilities built during the period.  Designed by noted architect Robert K. Fuller, the building served as the county’s only high school facility from 1924 until 1951.