Miwok Middle School
public middle school in Sacramento, California, United States
Miwok Middle School is a public middle school located in Sacramento, California, United States, and is part of the Sacramento City Unified School District. It is the oldest of the school district's nine middle schools and has a rich history.
Miwok was established in 1924 at an existing school building at 1816 K Street that was previously used as the Sacramento Senior High School until expanding enrollment required reorganization.
In 1959, Miwok was moved to its current location at 3150 I Street on a property that was originally used as a cemetery for Sutter's Fort.
On June 22, 2023, the school district changed the school's name from Sutter Middle School to Miwok Middle School.
History
1816 K Street
The K Street school was constructed in 1908 as a senior high school. The building was an architectural landmark, designed by architect Rudolph A. Herold in a Georgian-style with red brick, trimmed with light sandstone accents. Statutes of Greek and Roman art and busts of William Shakespeare, John Milton, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Greek scholars filled the corridors, and the building had a dome with a stained glass skylight. When the building opened in 1908, the school was "regarded as the most outstanding high school west of the Rockies." "Its science laboratories with water, gas and electricity, the gymnasiums with lockers and showers and the spacious auditorium and stage made it the envy of rival institutions of the era."
The high school operated out of the K Street building until 1924 when growing enrollment resulted in the school district moving the high school to a larger site (34th Avenue and W Street) and the K Street building was repurposed as the new Sutter Junior High School. Sutter Junior High School operated out of the K Street building until the school moved to its current location on I Street in February 1959.
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