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Johnson Public School (Johnson Junior High School, First Assembly of God Church), built in 1923, is eligible under National Register Criterion A for its direct association with growth of education in Cheyenne. The Johnson School, its conception, and its expansion are closely intertwined with the economic growth of Cheyenne's South Side working class neighborhood in the early twentieth century and incorporates the standard designs advocated by the educational reformers of the time. The substantial brick masonry structure was built with community pride and permanency in mind, and it was also used for public assemblies and civic celebrations, places for the South Side neighborhood to come together. It is also eligible under National Register Criterion C in the area of architecture as a fine example of the Collegiate Gothic style. This architectural style became popular for educational buildings in the United States during the 1920s. It is one of only three remaining educational structures in Cheyenne to represent this style (the others being the former McCormick Junior High School, now the Emerson Office Building, and Cheyenne High School, now the Laramie County School District No. 1 Administration Building). It is also a lasting legacy to William Dubois, Cheyenne's most prominent architect in the early twentieth century, who designed many of the city's most important public and commercial buildings.