Keystone School - Campus

Campus

Keystone's start of the 20th century Victorian and classical-revival campus occupies nearly a full city block of restored mansions and carriage houses between McCullough, North Main, and Woodlawn Avenues.

The following buildings and facilities can be found on the campus:

  • Founders Hall, often referred to as the Main Building, was the first building to be occupied by the school on its present campus. It houses much of Keystone's administrative offices in addition to classrooms, the Dining Hall, and a theatre and dance studio. The building has three floors, and the top one was once occupied by one of the founders of the school who lived during the schools upstart.
  • E.M.Stevens Hall, located immediately to the east of Founders' Hall on East Craig Place, is another restored mansion. It houses a number of classrooms and science labs in addition to most of the school's lockers. The building is used primarily by the Upper School.
  • North Hall is a restored apartment building that houses classrooms for all three of Keystone's schools, mostly 5th-8th grades.
  • The Carriage House, built in 1904, is home to classrooms and a large science and chemistry laboratory. It was originally used as a stables for what is now Founders' Hall. Efforts to demolish the building in 2002 in order to replace it with a more modern and space-efficient facility were thwarted by the Monte Vista Historic Board .
  • West Hall, a restored mansion adorned with large Doric columns on its southern facade, houses the majority of the Lower School's classrooms and facilities, including its library. An electrical fire in April 2006 caused over $100,000 in damages, but the building has since been restored to its original form in the wake of a remarkable community outpouring .
  • The Edwin Eargle Library, an old mansion on Woodlawn Avenue, was purchased and restored by Keystone in the 1990s. It had fallen into significant disrepair at the time of the school's purchase of the building, but now houses the Upper School library and computer facilities.
  • The Lloyd Jary Performing Arts Center, named for its architect, is immediately to the east of the Eargle Library. The two buildings are connected to one another. The facility was completed in 2000, and is built to resemble an old house as per the requirements of the Monte Vista Historic Board. As a result, the windows on its eastern facade are false.

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