# Merced County High School

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For Merced's current high school, see [Merced High School](/source/Merced_High_School).

**Merced County High School**, also known as the **County Library Building**, was a historic building located at 2125 M St. in [Merced](/source/Merced,_California), [California](/source/California), United States. Built in 1897, the school was the first public high school in Merced County. The brick and wood building was designed in the [Richardsonian Romanesque](/source/Richardsonian_Romanesque) style and featured a [hip roof](/source/Hip_roof) with cross gables, a rounded entry, windows arranged in a ribbon patter, and a since-removed wooden tower. The school's brick exterior was later plastered over and its roof painted red, giving the building a [Mission Revival](/source/Mission_Revival_architecture) appearance. The building served as a high school until 1920; in the following year, the county library moved into the building, where it remained until 1976.[2]

Merced County High School was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) on May 31, 1984.[1]

On December 2, 2024, the high school building caught fire and was completely destroyed.[3] The remaining rubble was demolished that same day.

## References

1. Pirtle, Wayne (April 14, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Merced County High School". [Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service](/source/Heritage_Conservation_and_Recreation_Service). Retrieved April 11, 2013.

1. ["Early Morning Fire Damages Historic Merced County Library Building"](https://www.cityofmerced.org/Home/Components/News/News/1850/17). *City of Merced*. December 2, 2024.

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