Central School
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Historic Markers
N 43° 03.662 W 086° 13.508
16T E 563095 N 4767883
106 South Sixth Street, Grand Haven
Waymark Code: WMPBBY
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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The first Central School was built 1871. The Grand Haven Tribune hailed the belfry-topped school as the "finest in the state" and "the pride of every citizen of Grand Haven." The newspaper blamed arsonists for burning the school on May 5, 1901, and stated that more than one man would "contribute his services to a lynching bee, if the firebug could be detected." A second school, built on this site in 1902, housed over 600 students in grades kindergarten through twelve. That school burned in 1963. The bell from the school was salvaged, but not usable. The following year the present elementary school opened. In 1965 the local Methodist church donated a bell from its old church so that the school could continue its tradition of ringing a school bell to call students to class.
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Registered Site #: L1655

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