To spot Lulu McCormick Junior High School, look for a large red-brick building with castle-like stone trim above the entrance and rows of big, square windows right ahead of you.
Alright, take a moment and imagine yourself right here back in 1929. The smell of fresh brick and chilly Wyoming air greets you as local kids-bundled up tight-shuffle into this grand new school, their boots crunching in the snow just like yours on the sidewalk today. Frederick Hutchinson Porter, the architect, must’ve wanted every student to feel like they walked straight into their own fortress of learning; just look at those castle-like decorations around the door! This building wasn’t always called Lulu McCormick Junior High-it once went by the Emerson Building, and I bet it’s heard more classroom giggles and school bell rings than any place around. Over the years, generations of Cheyenne’s kids passed through these very doors, from the Great Depression all the way to the age of the iPod. Thanks to its architecture and its important role in the community, this school was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. So, if you listen closely, you might just hear echoes of chalk on blackboards or the low hum of a history lesson-hopefully with fewer pop quizzes for you!
