Huron High School - Tiger Yearbook (Huron, SD)

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V McKinley Elementary School On Dakota Avenue North was opened in 1921. 1 W In 191 3 the old Illinois or Hamilton school 9 was torn down and replaced In 1914 by the 1 south wing of the high school building. In 1 1919 the north wing was built to house junior high classes. currently the whole V Wilson Elementary SChOOl located at MOH- building is for middle school. tana Avenue and seventh Street was open- ed in 1925 and closed in 1984. The building is now the Wilson Center for the Arts.

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From depression and drought t0 renewed hope to the . . . First High School Not until the new century did Huron citizens build another school. The boom town reached a population of 3033 in 1890 but dwindled to 2793 citizens by 1900 as depression and drought drove some set- tlers from the area. With the new century, however, the rains came, and with renewed hope the hardy pioneers turned their thoughts to con- structing a high school building. In 1904 the first high school building was erected on the corner of Iowa Avenue SE. and Fourth street. 71;; 1133;; 3561:7231in ; Hamilton School, which had provided school facilities for thousands of students for 36 years, an addition was built on the north end of the high school building con. structed four years earlier. According to a Huronite edition of 1918, the following documents were placed in the cornerstone for the new high school addition: a list of teaching corps for the Huron Public Schools, a copy of the Huronite, a copy of the last annual report published by the superintendent of schools, copies of the superintendent's bulletins to teachers for the past year, and proceedings of the last meeting of ye south Dakota Education Associationgi'felix QM 0-,: , t . . 2 With therfnewly expanded ties, it'was now possible to add a junior high to the class structure in the schools using a por- ywt r In 1910 a third grade school building was built on the corner of illinois Avenue SW. and Tenth street and was known as Lincoln SchooL This building was used until 1975 when it was sold and razed. 0n the half blockjust south of the Illinois Street tHamiltoni School, a new high school was built and opened in 1914. The Iowa School was renamed Washington School and became an elementary Schools I v 4 n 1918 on the Site of the former tion Of this building. Shortly afterwards WVO more elementary schools were added. McKinley 0n Dakota Avenue North opened in 1921 followed in 1925 by Wilson School located on Montana Avenue and seventh Street S.Wi A Lincoln Grade School was built in 1910 atTenth and Illinois Avenue, Pictured are children Whlz attended a Huron College summer session he. I at the school in 19190 The building waS used W 1975 when it was razed.

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After several set-backs and years of planning the . . . Huron Arena Becomes A Reality By 1927 the Utah school had become outmoded and was replaced by Jefferson Elementary school on the same site. Building expansion was curtailed during the depression years of the 1930's with the exception of a wooden stadium at the athletic field on Fifteenth street and II- iinois Avenue s.w. and the Ohio Avenue An- nex to the high school in 1937. Band and orchestra were housed in a basement building on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue it necessary to hold classes for the physical- Iv handicapped. Originally started in St. John's Hospital, these classes were soon moved to an elementary school under specially trained personnel. In 1950, after years of planning and several set-backs, the Huron Arena became a reality. This building could now offer ex- cellent facilities for physical education classes, music practice rooms, business of- fices and regular basketball games and and Fifth street, a block from the high school building. This structure was later us- ed for the Jefferson School kindergarten followed by the junior high home economics department until 1979. Although the high school building had a gymnasium, this room soon became inade- quate for anything beyond regular physical education classes, basketball practice and school dances. Because of limited seating capacity, all high school home basketball games. large musical productions, bac- calaureate and graduation were held in the Huron College Auditorium. The severe polio epidemic of 1948 made tournaments. Besides school activities the arena is used by numerous organizations and the city of Huron for a variety of enter- tainments and conventions. Greater emphasis was placed on pro vidihg adequate facilities for multiple han- dicapped students in all grades. In 1952 a house on Sixth street south of the Juniorisenior High School was used and later expanded to another house in the same area With an addition built in 1969. A Jefferson Elementarv School, built in 1927' replaced the old Utah School E