Lawrence High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Lawrence, MA)

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.. . . . . . . ........... . , . . . . . . ... . . ..... . .. ...... . . . ... 1 ... . . . 11 .. 11 . . . . | History of L. H. S. Previous to 1860 classes offering instruction more advanced than that given in the grammar schools, were conducted in the old Oliver School with great inconvenience on account of the limited space and lack of apparatus. With the growing population and the desire for learning it became necessary to have a building devoted entirely to and suitably equipped for High School work. Accord¬ ingly in 1860 the first High School building in the City of Lawrence was constructed, on Haverhill Street, facing the Common, on the site now occupied by the east wing of the new Central School. This building was one of the best of its kind in the State. The beauty of its interior and the majestic lines of its architecture made it one of the city’s land marks of which its citizens had a right to be proud. For almost half a century it served the needs of the City jij of Lawrence for advanced education. Although it was entirely destroyed by fire in 1910 its memory will long remain in the minds of the older alumni of the L. Id. S. ! I In 1901 when the old High School had become inadequate for the requirements of the increasing population a new High School was erected on Law¬ rence Street between Haverhill and Oak. It is a large three story building of yellow brick, simply constructed without any unnecessary ornamentation Its broad corridors and spacious class rooms ' are well adapted to school needs. In the basement are two recitation rooms and a manual training shop besides the lunch room and heating plant. In ad¬ dition to the principal’s office, teachers’ rooms and MHIItUilllllllMII ■.......UI.I.U.I..II.I.I.I..U..I............. i.in.i. . ...nmiimi.limn. .

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