The small farming community of Thorp, Washington was established in 1895 and as the population grew and rural school districts consolidated, the need for a larger school became necessary. The large, two-story Thorp School was built close to the center of town in 1895. It housed the entire Thorp school students, grades first through high school. In 1935 a brick elementary school was constructed and for the first time the elementary and secondary students were separated. The old Thorp School was demolished in 1957 and a modern Thorp High School was built in 1958.Postcard titled Thorp School Building. Handwritten note to Mrs. Michael Hughes in Seattle, Wash. from Ellen Thomas.https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/ellensburg_history/1041/thumbnail.j...