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The original High School was occupied in a hardware store in 1869 at
Grant and Walker Ave (16th & Grant). An addition was built in 1871. A new
$15,000 building was put up in 1872. The building still was standing in
1930.
From the Pilot Newspaper
Nov. 25, 1925 Blair, Nebraska
Last Thursday, a crack was noticed
about half an inch wide on the west wall of the old high school building; now
used as the Central School Building. The school board had Struve & Hines
go down and look at it and they said it was an old crack that had been fixed
before and the motor has fallen out of it. The building was built in
1873 and is brick veneered, so their is no damaged of the wall falling inward
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From
Andreas' History (1882)
Schools,--The first school taught in Blair, was in 1869, by
Miss Sarah E. Kibby, though previous to the founding of the town, Miss Lida M.
Newell, in 1868, taught in the same little log house. Since that time the
schools have made great progress, and now Blair prides herself in having one of
the finest high school buildings in the State, an attractive three-story
structure, erected in 1872 at a cost of $15,000. She also has two good ward
school houses, the last having been completed in February, 1882, in which,
school opened on February 13, 1882, taught by Miss Louise Kemp.
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