2 results for tag: Tyler WA
Second Tyler School
This larger, second, Tyler School was completed in 1912 at the north end of B Street.
There were three grades to a room. The high school was in the same building. There was a horse barn for the kids to stable their horses in and a shelter for cars to park. - Arley Heyer, December 1, 1994.
Originally, there were two horse barns near the schoolhouse with room for 16 horses. Students who rode to school were responsible for bringing food for their horse.
In March 1918, school was closed due to a Smallpox outbreak. Several children were sickened with the disease and the school was closed for a week to help stop its spread. Dr. Cooper of Cheney spent ...
First Tyler School
The Stevens School District #19 was established in 1880. The school held 1st through 8th grades. The district was renamed to Tyler along with the renaming of the town in 1892.
Directors of the school in 1904 were Henry Boston, James E. Carmen, James Abbott, and John Moreland.
In 1911 the school board was advocating for a new school at a new site or extensive remodeling of the current site. The board gave its reasons,
First, the sanitary conditions demand it, there being two barns and four outhouses within fifty or one hundred feet from the school building, with two manure piles and a cesspool drained through the school yard. Second, the school ...