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Mt. Vernon City Schools 1925



Benjamin Franklin School
Built in 1889, replaced the East Side School
which was destroyed in the cyclone of 1888


West Side School
Built in 1886 name later changed to
Eugene Field School This school was
razed in 1949 and the present school
was was renamed Dr. Andy Hall School


Thomas A. Edison School
Built 1899 to replace the South Side School
that was built in 1894 fire destroyed that
building, fire also destroyed Edison in 1976.



Abraham Lincoln School
Built in 1914


Booker T. Washington School
Built in 1898 to replace a school that was
established for Black children in 1894.
This school was closed in 1962
when all children were intregated into the system
Newspaper article about the sale of the school


Zadok Casey Junior High School
Built on the Casey home site opened in 1937


Mt. Vernon Township High School Building B
Built in 1904


Horace Mann School Built 1914

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