Big Horn Academy Building
- Big Horn Academy Building
Infobox_nrhp | name =Big Horn Academy Historic District
nrhp_type =
caption =
location= Cowley, Wyoming
area =
built =1916
architect= Works Progress Administration (1936 gymnasium)
architecture= Other, Romanesque
added = March 26, 1992
governing_body = Local
refnum=92000285 [cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]
The Big Horn Academy Building was built in 1916. It is located in Cowley, Wyoming, United States. It served as a high school and junior college for the students who lived in the Bighorn Basin.
The academy was started in 1907 by Mormons who had immigrated to the Bighorn Basin. The school was initially planned to be an academy offering not only high school programs, but also more advanced academics. The initial plan was to rotate the academy between the towns of Cowley, Lovell, and Byron. However, the school never moved beyond Cowley, so the church decided to build a permanent building. The main building, of rusticated sandstone, was completed in 1916. It operated as a church school until 1924, when it became part of the public school system. A gymnasium, built of lodgepole pine, was added in 1936, being built by the Works Progress Administration. [cite web|url=http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/bhacad.htm|title=Big Horn Academy Historic District|publisher=Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office|accessdate=2007-05-28]
The school building was used until 1985. At that time the students from Cowley High School began attending Rocky Mountain High School in Byron. It is currently used by Interfold, a local business.
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