BRILLIANT SCHOOL NO. 1

BRILLIANT SCHOOL NO. 1

Brilliant School No. 1 was determined to be the main school in the Brilliant area. It was built in 1910 on the Brilliant flats below what is now the tomb of Peter Lordly Verigin. It was a one-room school enrolling students in grades 1 to 8 with a teacherage attached. The teacherage was furnished simply with beds, a dresser, wardrobe, table and chairs and the camp cook stove. The teacher at this school was also considered to be the Principal of Brilliant Schools numbered 2 to 5. This school was closed in 1933 due to overcrowding and the students then attended the new Raspberry School.

A black and white photo of Brilliant School No. 1, showing a gabled, two-story building with a covered front porch, typical of the rural school architecture from an earlier period, with a backdrop of a high earthen cliff that underscores the natural and somewhat isolated setting of the school.

Brilliant School No. 1

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