PCAD - Fresno Unified School District, K Street High School, Fresno, CA

Exterior view of the K Street School, Fresno, CA; from the Fresno Bee, 06/1897, scanned by Wikimedia Commons

Santa Clara Street and K Street
Fresno, CA 93721

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The K Street School was located on the southeast corner of Santa Clara Street and K Street (now Van Ness Avenue).

Building History

This brick school, situated at the southeast corner of K Street and Santa Clara Street, housed Fresno's first city high school, opening 09/16/1889, utilizing space on its second floor. The school graduated seven students in its first class, 06/1891. The school board constructed Fresno High School in 1896, which replaced the K Street facility for high school-aged students. It was later transformed into an elementary school, the Emerson Elementary School, which operated until about 1930.

Building Notes

R.B. Young designed this $20,000 school which had 12 rooms, eight of which housed classes. On the first two floors, Young created two, octagonal, central spaces around which the rooms were placed. On the top floor, he located an auditorium capable of seating 600.

Demolition

Demolished. Fresno High School took the place of the K Street High School in 1896. Subsequently, the facility was converted to use by K-6 children and renamed "Emerson Elementary School." It was razed by the 1930s.

PCAD id: 7461

Fresno Unified School District, K Street High School, Fresno, CA (1889) demolished