Manhattan's voters unanimously passed a bond proposal for the new school the following year.

Upon its completion, a benefit party was held at the school to provide money for its furniture and a piano.

When the building was constructed, both the interior and exterior were covered by patterned metal plates.

[2] Manhattan's population dropped as its gold industry faded in the 1940s, and by 1955 the school closed, as it only had three students.

Due to an increase in gold prices in the 1970s, though, Manhattan began to grow again.