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Show II'S Fo ... to-IOO-. 0lIl 10. 10024 ....11 Ut •• "'''''rfect 5 . 1 Fo .... t (Re.,1Ied Feb. 1M3) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Nat;onal Reg;ster of H;stor;c Places Cont;nuat;on Sheet Section No. ~ Page ~ Crescent Ele.entary School. Sandy. Salt Lake County. UT Early in the century the Crescent School was one of the feeders to Jordan High School. The 1930 building was primarily for elementary age students. By 1953 the community had grown large enough to need additional classroom space. In 1954, an addition was made to the school. ~ ~crescent Elementary School was used as an elementary school until 1976. It was ~ af renamed the Valley High School and currently serves as Jordan School District's s~~~alternative high school. ~ \ 0\,,1 ARCH ITECTURE: ~ - St.J.."UI~ \ -re,.0"'i' .., ""---" The Crescent Elementary School built in 1930 is the only example of Art Deco architecture in the Sandy area. 21 Art Deco was influenced by the International Style~ this "modern" style derives its ornamentation from the 1925 Paris Exposition des Arts Decoratifs. 22 The Crescent Elementary School subtly employs many Art Deco design elements: a flat-roof surrounded by a decorative parapet, contrasting ornamentation of the window and door surrounds, and angular geometric patterning. However, some elements of the building are more classical, such as the arched windows. There are four historic SChOO~ buildings in Sandy. The Central Elementary School (1908) has been remodeled beyond recognition. The Jordan High School (1914) and the Sandy Junior High (1927) are Neo-classical. The Art Deco Crescent Elementary School is the only historic structure still in use as a school and is the best preserved. ARCH IIECTS : Ashton and Evans were the architects for the 1930 Crescent Elementary School. Raymond L. Evans was born in 1895 in Salt Lake City. He began his architectural career in 1912 with Ware and Treganza, a prominent Utah firm during the early part of the twentieth century. In 1923 he helped form the firm of Ashton and Evans. 23 ~ " Reconna1ssance level survey. 1987. ttCarter and Goss. 175. " Ob1tuary. Salt Lat" Trlbun". October 2. 1963. See continuation sheet |
