It was designed by architects Routledge & Hertz in Late Gothic Revival style.

An extension to add a grade school in 1950 was designed by Hibbs & Robinson.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

[1][3] It was deemed significant "as the public school in Protection, an important component in the development and survival of the small rural community in southwest Kansas", and also "as a representative of a Late Gothic Revival educational structure and work of Hutchinson architects Routledge and Hertz.

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