Granby High School - Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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'ina The band annex. Finally by 1894 Norfolk established its f1rst public high school. A large house owned by a prominent family in Norfolk, the Hemmingways, was converted into a high school It was called the Norfolk High School and had previously been privately endowed by the Hemmingway family They sold it to the city for S25 OOO and it was immediately put into use This school is still standing today although its name has been changed from Norfolk High School to John Marshall It is now being used as an elementary school During the following year or two three or four different schools were built and the city s school system began to expand rapidly For a while these few schools were sufficient for the few people who populated the city by the sea but the progressing years brought newcomers and schools seemed to spring up everywhere One of the more prominent of the many new additions was Granby which was built in 1939 in the center of a somewhat desolate area tas compared to its large population todayl. The city with Federal help built this beautiful brick school which was then, and still is a beautiful landmark in the city of Norfolk. At the time it was a good size and proved a great benefit to Norfolk, as it served the city well. It was used as both an elementary and a high school in its first years. This took a big load off of the other schools in the city. The war broke out in Japan in 1941, a new era was brought forth, and Norfolk's population seemed to almost double itself. The increasing population thus, crowded the schools and newly built Granby was be- coming over-crowded and required annexation. By the fall of 1942 an annex was completed on the north end and included approximately eight new classrooms. This newly added annex was used as an elementary section B49 The new gym annex for a few years and proved successful Within a period of three or four years the addition was converted into a regular part of the high school '- WI 'a-.44 .Q-as The annex and Cooper s College

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