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Pigeon Township School No. 2

Pigeon Township School No. 2

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Pigeon Township School No. 2

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a.k.a. Olmstead School

5xx Olmstead Ave
Evansville, IN

Quick Timeline

c1871 School is built
1913 School closes, students transferred to Henry Reis
1962 Building is razed

Location

x side of Olmstead between Sherman and Elliott
District: Olmstead
Latitude: 38.005002
Longitude: -87.555816
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olmstead school 500 block of olmstead ave discontinued 1913 -> moved to new Olmstead School, later renamed Henry Reis 1876 looks like nw corner of alley 1899 pigeon school #2? older crumbling school 1961 (olmstead ave?) half razed in 1962 photo site of church? built c1962 orlmstead in 1912 EC article


See also

Evansville Daily Courier article - A New School House (6/18/1876)
HistoricEvansville.com: Schools / Education
HistoricEvansville.com: Olmstead district

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