the gate school is the historic former school in gate, washington. the one room schoolhouse was built in 1910. the frame building features a gable roof, eaves with decorative brackets, exposed rafter tails, a brick chimney, and a square bell tower. after the school consolidated with rochester's school district in 1941, the school building became a community center. the school was added to the national register of historic places on july 19, 1990.