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The public school house was built in 1873. Lancaster High School, instituted in 1897, was constructed in 1902. This building, nowlmown as the School Street Grade School, accommodates six grades. The present high school building on Aurora Street was constructed in 1922 and remodeled and enlarged in 1935. The junior and senior high school anda primary unit are housed in this build- ing. Colfax Heights, another ofLancaster's grade schools, accom- modates four grades. Como Lake Park with its shelters, playground apparatus, facilities for bathing, ball grounds, tables and benches for pic- nics, is a splendid example of the conversion of waste land into a popular recreation center. Henry W. Box started work on the original Como Lake Park in the summer of 1881. All work was completed the next year, and on December 3, 1892 the dam was closed and the next morning the lake filled with water. Many citizens, visiting the lake after it was filled, agreed it was one of the most picturesque in the state. The Sportsman's Club secured ten thousand trees, and with the aid of the Boy and Girl Scouts, a reforestation program was started in lay. Gradually more and more acres were added un- til the park reached its present size. To lr. Fred Gill, superintendent ofthe county park since 1926, is due the beautification of the park and the welcome of the visitors. Soon rustic bridges werebuilt, paths were laid, and ath- letic fields, including tennis courts and two baseball diamonds, were carefully constructed and cared for. Adjoining the park is a all zoo, containing several deer, ducks, raccoons, guinea pigs, pheasants, and other animals. The lake is ideal for boating in the summer and ice skating in the winter. Beyond Willow Grove, a very attractive center of the park, are the swimming pool and its beach, very pop- ular with swimmers and visitors from neighboring vicinities. Recently the 'Village Inn' and fire hall were razed, and a telnporary fire house was built to make way for the new cut- off which put Lancaster on State Route 23. In June, 1937, the residents of Lancaster suffered much loss, when after heavy rains, the Como Lake dam overflowed and the water rose over the banks. 7
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