Archbold High School - Blue Streak Yearbook (Archbold, OH)

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Archbold school in 1891 Archbold's Elementary Building of 1922 and rushed to the nearest water cistern. A fire had started in Theobald's and Gype’s dry goods and general store and it was spreading quickly to the other buildings on North Defiance Street. How- ever, Old Phoenix wasn't what it used to be. Just when it looked as though progress was being made to bring the fire under control, the valves on the pumps stuck and the water ceased to flow. Attempts to fix it were to no avail. The mayor made emergency calls to several other towns for help. The citizens, who by this time had been roused by the repeated ringing of the fire bell, formed a bucket

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Archbold’s main street in February, 1913 the Police Department, the Board of Public Affairs, American Legion, Town Council, Mayor's Office, and German Township Hall. It was a normal Saturday night, August 30, 1913. The biggest portion of Archbold's residents were en- joying a good night's rest, when the clanging of the fire bell awoke them with a start. The local firemen ran to the station, hauled Old Phoenix out of its stall, Archbold's main street after August 30, 1913 13

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brigade; but all efforts seemed futile. When morning dawned, only the two buildings on either end of the street were standing. As Archbold increased in population, the need for a new school became evi- dent. In the spring of 1891 a two-story brick building was erected to improve Archbold's educational system. In 1922 the white frame building which is now used for storage, was built to house the primary grades. However, the school continued to suffer from grow- ing pains and the present building was built in 1930 to house the Archbold School System. Additions were made to the building in 1961. The present school building as it was in 1930 15