The Chiles Academy

Cypress Street Elementary School
Location 868 George W. Engram Blvd.
Daytona Beach, Florida
Coordinates 29°12′48″N 81°02′23″W / 29.2132°N 81.0396°W / 29.2132; -81.0396Coordinates: 29°12′48″N 81°02′23″W / 29.2132°N 81.0396°W / 29.2132; -81.0396
Built 1926
MPS Daytona Beach Multiple Property Submission
NRHP Reference # 96001333[1]
Added to NRHP December 2, 1996

The Chiles Academy is a public charter school located in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. It is part of the Volusia County Schools district.

The school was originally built in 1926 as the Cypress Street Elementary School. Initially, the school consisted of a two-story block and stucco building with two brick wings. The school’s name was changed in 1954 to Bonner Elementary School to honor its first and longest-serving principal, Evelyn Bonner, who headed the school from 1927 to 1959. Before her tenure at Cypress Street Elementary, Ms. Bonner taught at Campbell Elementary for 16 years. Following her retirement, Ms. Bonner continued to visit the school almost daily until her death in 1977 at the age of 85. Bonner Elementary School was one of several Volusia County schools closed in 2008. The building currently houses Chiles Academy, a charter high school for teen parents and their children.

On December 2, 1996, the school was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The property is part of the Daytona Beach Multiple Property Submission, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register.

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
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