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Park Addition School (vacant), constructed in 1921, is eligible to the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A for its direct association with the growth of education in Cheyenne. The building represents the primary importance the Cheyenne community attached to the education of its youth from its inception as a railroad town in 1867. Universal education for all of its citizens was one of the first critical issues dealt with by the city’s founders and by the first Wyoming territorial legislature. The formation of school districts and the building of schools reflected how Cheyenne’s citizens felt about the permanency of their community and their faith in its future. The physical appearance of the Park Addition School, its conception, and its growth are closely intertwined with the economic growth of Cheyenne and the evolution of progressive ideas about education in America in the early twentieth century. As the key public building in the neighborhood. Park Addition School became the center for public assemblies and civic celebrations, a place for the community to come together. The building is also eligible under Criterion C in the area of architecture as a unique example of an eclectic mix of styles popular at the time and includes possible the Prairie School, Craftsman, and Sullivanesque influences. No other remaining public school building in Cheyenne is similar in style to the Park Addition School.