Former school now Deschutes Historical Center
Reid School was named after early teacher and the principal Ruth Reid Overturf
This former school is located between Bond Street and Wall Street in south Bend and just one block southeast of the Deschutes County Library. Reid school was built in 1914 and was named for Ruth Reid, an early Bend teacher.
Reid was a native of New Brunswick, Canada. She was born on Jan. 31, 1881. She came to Bend to teach school in 1904 when she was 24 years old. She began teaching in Bend in a one-room school above a feed store. She was paid $60 per month.