Palm Springs in Riverside County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Frances S. Stevens School
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, March 29, 2015
1. Frances S. Stevens School Marker
Inscription.
Frances S. Stevens School. . Prescott T. Stevens, developer of the El Mirador Hotel, donated this site and the funds to build the Frances S. Stevens School, in memory of his wife and her interest in education. The first two rooms were completed in 1927. Katherine Finchy, who arrived in Palm Springs in 1922, became this school's first administrator. Palm Springs' first bond issue provided additional classrooms, a library, indoor plumbing, a cafeteria, an apartment for the principal, and a large auditorium which served as the city's first theater. The City of Palm Springs later purchased the facility as a cultural arts center; then Vice President Gerald Ford dedicated the center, known as Everybody's Village, in 1974.
Prescott T. Stevens, developer of the El Mirador Hotel, donated this site and the funds to build the Frances S. Stevens School, in memory of his wife and her interest in education. The first two rooms were completed in 1927. Katherine Finchy, who arrived in Palm Springs in 1922, became this school's first administrator. Palm Springs' first bond issue provided additional classrooms, a library, indoor plumbing, a cafeteria, an apartment for the principal, and a large auditorium which served as the city's first theater. The City of Palm Springs later purchased the facility as a cultural arts center; then Vice President Gerald Ford dedicated the center, known as Everybody's Village, in 1974.
Erected by the McCallum Desert Foundation. (Marker Number HSPB-7.)
Location. 33° 49.863′ N, 116° 32.791′ W. Marker is in Palm Springs, California, in Riverside County. It is on North Palm Canyon Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 538 North Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs CA 92262, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles, in the Coachella Valley, 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.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 4, 2015, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,818 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on April 4, 2015, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
