Last updated: 7/10/2022
Melvin School House and Museum
Aurora, Colorado
Street Address
4950 S. Laredo StreetAurora, CO 80015
Mailing Address
16100 East Smoky Hill RoadAurora, CO 80015

Hours

By appointment only

Admissions

No Fee

Staff

Description

Cherry Creek Valley Historical Society saved the Melvin Schoolhouse, a two room schoolhouse built in 1922, which was in danger of being razed. The original site was near Parker Road and Quincy Avenue, east of Cherry Creek State Park. Melvin Schoolhouse was used by the families in the Melvin community. The school closed in 1949 when the Cherry Creek Dam was created. The schoolhouse was moved in 1976 and restored under the supervision of CCVHS with members, students, Cherry Creek School District personnel, and community volunteers.

It is now located on the Smoky Hill High School (Cherry Creek School District) campus, just south of Smoky Hill Road on Laredo Street. CCVHS helped place Melvin Schoolhouse on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and it was honored in 1988 as Aurora Historic Landmark #1.

Governance

The Cherry Creek Valley Historical Society (CCVHS) was incorporated in 1975 under Colorado State law to study, record, preserve, and display the history of the Cherry Creek Valley. The area CCVHS works in includes Cherry Creek State Park at the north to the headwaters of the Cherry Creek near Castlewood Canyon at the south.

CCVHS meets quarterly at the Melvin Schoolhouse or the Smoky Hill Library and has various speakers. At least one field trip or picnic is planned every summer. All functions are open to the public.

Library
Access: General Public, Students, Scholars, Members
Appointment required: Yes
Publications

The CCVHS newsletter, The Quill is published quarterly.

Exhibitions
Museum Events
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