Corona in Riverside County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Photographed by Patrick Duggan, March 20, 2025
1. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Marker
Erected 2017.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1927.
Location. 33° 52.307′ N, 117° 34.576′ W. Marker is in Corona, California, in Riverside County. It is on South Vincentia Ave, on the right when traveling south. The marker is located along the South Vicentia Avenue side of the school. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 842 West Tenth Street, Corona CA 92882, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles, in the Inland Empire, and in the Peninsular Ranges. It is also in the American Southwest. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Corona High School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Corona's Final Road Race - Start/Finish Line April 8, 1916 (approx. half a mile away); Woman's Improvement Club (approx. half a mile away); First Baptist Church of Corona (approx. 0.6 miles away); Andrew Carnegie Library (approx. 0.6 miles away); Corona's 1-Mile Diameter Grand Boulevard Historic District
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1. 90-year-old Corona school takes its place on historic register (Press Enterprise, 12/13/2017). Excerpt:
What does Coronas Jefferson Elementary School have in common with the Old Faithful Inn, the Library of Congress and the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Sign?(Submitted on April 26, 2025.)
The still-in-use 90-year-old school has just joined the National Register of Historic Places, an achievement 20 years in the making that will be celebrated Friday, Dec. 15.
Construction of the one-story, five-room stacked concrete school at 1040 S. Vicentia Ave. cost $23,800, was designed by W. Horace Austin and was finished in December 1927 under the PTA slogan, Better Homes, Better Schools, Better Children. About 163 children began school there in January 1928.
Four years later, a south wing containing an auditorium designed by Riverside architect G. Stanley Wilson, who designed parts of Riversides Mission Inn and Norcos Lake Norconian Club was added.
The Spanish Colonial Revival-style original school and its 1931-addition south wing, with red tile roofs, stone arches and wrought iron details, were added tothe California Register of Historical Resources on July 28 and the National Register on September 28.Photographed by Patrick Duggan, March 20, 20252. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Marker
2. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, located in Corona, California, is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C as a locally significant example of municipal Spanish Colonial Revival architecture by architects W. Horace Austin, who designed the original school in 1927, and W. Horace Austin, who designed the south wing with connecting pergola and library in 1931. The period of significance is 1927-1931, spanning the period from original construction and the later wings completion.(Submitted on April 28, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)
Photographed by Patrick Duggan, March 20, 2025
3. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2025, by Patrick Duggan of Los Angeles, California. This page has been viewed 257 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 24, 2025, by Patrick Duggan of Los Angeles, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
