The school was designed in a vernacular Greek Revival style, which was popular at the time of its construction; its design includes a cornice held up by square pilasters, a pedimented gable, and a cupola over the entrance with its own cornice and square pilasters.

The school operated continuously from its opening until it closed in 1973; at the time of its closing, it was the longest continuously running school west of the Mississippi River.

[2][3] Albert Abraham Michelson, the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, attended the school.

[2] Murphys Grammar School was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 8, 1973.

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