Edwards Central School - Hornet Yearbook (Edwards, NY)

 - Class of 1986

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The auditorium m the town hall was called the Opera House Before there was a stage at school the eighth grade and senior graduations were held there. Professional and local plays and movies were also held there. ■ ■ Main Street ca. 1910

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TOWN HiJLL HISTORY OF EDWARDS Edwards first settlers were Asa Brayton Jr.-, and his wife Eunice Parsons, Asa Jr. and. his father Asa Sr. came here to work’ on the military road in 1811 and ftere granted 50 acres of land. In 1827 Edwards was an organized town. The original site for Edwards was the island. When George Allan became land agent in 1819 the town began to be settled more rapidly. The first industry in Edwards was a grist mill built by Ora Ehead in l8l4. Before talc and zinc were discovered in Edwards farming and lumbering were the main industries. In 1878 the first commercial talc mine in NY state was opened in Freemansburg, now Talcville. On August 1, 1893 the railroads line opened. The railroad station was very busy in early days. Many things came and went by train. In 1933 the passenger train stopped running. j,,; ji- •II IB! W ••• f- i s !»f i 1 gy 1; Y■’ The town hall was built in 1896. This was the second town hall built in Edwards, The first was built in jI89I but it Durnea in the fire of 189 . Over the years the town hall has housed a barber shop, lawyer's office, public bath, bank, post office, and jail. The upstairs has an auditorium used in the past for public functions., Now the town hall just has.the museum and office forrunning the town. [ Edwards Kaiiroad Station On July 4, 189 1 a fire burned 3‘t buildings. A chimney blaze started and a strong wind carried the fire down Main and Factory streets. After the fire many of the buildings were rebuilt. The hotel that was rebuilt burned in 1970. EDWARDS AFTER 1894 FIRE If iyr-- i-k a 21 i... j i I '..ftf , ' •'. Jt J. , Jun - iy j ' : ! - ‘ - lb £



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The Edwards Hepburn Library was built in 1919. Money for building came from A. Barton Hepburn, former superintendent of Edwards School. The time capsule was buried in the front lawn of the school on May 26, 1976 to be opened in 2001. p r . 'W € C A p C r F'f t ks x 6— -?005- EDUCATION IN EDWARDS Brodie School The first school built was a log cabin. As there were no trained teachers, various people in the community who had some education taught. The Brodie family established on their estate the next school for their family and neighbors. The above picture is the building erected after the time of the Brodie family and is now a private home. EDWARDS HIGH SCHOOL Anyone wanting a high school education had to go to the Wesleyan Seminary in Gouverneur until 1909 when the first Edwards High School was built on East Main Street, 6 h

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