La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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THE MODEL OF THE NEW LPHS, designed by Perkins Will of Chicago, is shown above in a photograph by Hube, Henry, Hedrich-Blessing. fiadt. ftie ettt, future MJi. HAROLD HARGRAVE, superintendent, Mr. George Boklund and Mr. Merlin Porter, school board members, proudly watch a representative from Perkins and Will, architects for the new school, lay the cornerstone. For the school board and the citizens of LaPorte, November 7, 1921, was a momentous day. It was on that day that the decision was made to build a new school. Possible sites were considered when the board met again on February 23 of the following year. Though many favored the site located at the south end of Michigan Avenue in the vicinity now oc- cupied by the Beechwood Golf Course, the decision was made in favor of the present site on April 3, 1922. The firm of Larson and Danielson—architects from LaPorte—was se- lected to design the building. The total cost of the land and building, designed to accom- modate eight hundred students, was estimated at $290,000. 4