Source: Douglas Daily Dispatch 30 Aug 1927, page 8
Transcribed by Jean Walker
Circa 1910 postcard owned by Jean Walker, of the Fifteenth Street School in Douglas
In 1905 a $15,000 bond was issued for the school. in September 1905 the school was occupied for the first time. It then contained only five rooms. Until late in 1905 the school had only grade school students, but a freshman class as added and taught by Miss Sarah Hooper now Mrs. James Ely.
Fifteenth Street school principals have been:
The 1927 teaching staff for the Fifteenth street school is as follows:
Today, a large portion of the Fifteenth street school has been incorporated into a health care facility and the bell tower removed. The original school bell can be viewed at the Douglas-Williams House Museum.
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