SUTTER CREEK HISTORIC GRAMMAR SCHOOL

The schoolhouse is rich in Gold Rush history. The original Sutter Creek School, built in 1856, burned to the ground in 1870. The building you see today, a thirty-five by fifty-five foot, two-story brick schoolhouse was built in 1870 by a community funded project of $10,000. Some 200 to 300 children from as far away as Plymouth and Latrobe attended the school each year. In 1896 the school district raised $5,000 in bonds to add the wings in the rear of the building. The school remained open until the early 1960s.

The schoolhouse is now on lease to the City of Sutter Creek and no longer used by the school district. It was restored by the Sutter Creek Womens Club in the 1980s and used as a community center until it was closed to the public. It is now in need of renovation, and when completed, it will house a community museum, Sutter Creek archives, and will be available to the public for meetings, events, and other activities.

Note - Being on school grounds, access is limited during school days/hours.