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lllll .. .Xt that time the school district was voting only a live mill tax lor the' maintenance of its schools. The raising ol' this tax to seven mills paved the way lor the building ol' a new and larger high school. Property at I'.0lll'Lll and N'illow Streets was chosen as a site. This land belonged to the lron Mountain Railroad Company but it was being used as a small truck farm. The case as to whether the school board had the right to con- demn the property lor school use was tried belore judge R. .-X. Lee who ruled that the railroad had no right ol eminent domain since it was not using the land for any gainful purpose in growing vegetables. The court set SAl,0lNl as the amount to be paid in exchange lor a deed. On this site a beautilnl three-story brick building with at red tile rool' was constructed at a cost ol' Sl00,lNl0. Charles l ,-E 'Ib x G 7 Q C C I Z l.. Thompson was the architect and George XV. Fair the contractor. Completely equipped lor up-to-date high school work, it was ready lor occupancy in the l'all ol' l9llZ. liarly in the morning on Friday beliore school was to 'open the lollowing Nlonday in the lall ol' l925, the building was destroyed by lire. Fortunately, the lots on I lnrd Street just across lront the high school grounds were vacant at the time. Nlr. Stroell, superintendent ol' the Missouri l'a- cilic Shops, ollered the services ol' his men and a' temporary lrame structure was built on these lots on Sunday in order that the high school might be able to open on schedule' Xlonday. The men worked lrom sunrise to sunset with the Missouri l'acil'ic hand playing all day to speed up the work. School opened on Monday. Xlarch H126 . . Nothing hut the brick walls had been salvaged from the lire, but in Nlarch the re-built high school was com- pleted - and another story had been added, making it lour stories tall. This building has been called lfourth Street -Iunior High since the completion ol' the present Senior High School building. lfl29 . . . ln lll2Sl, because ol' the rapid increase in the school en- rollment, it heeame necessary to build a new high school. Land on Twenty-Second and Main, known as X'Vildberger's Addition, was purchased lor S7,500, The lirm ol' Nlann, lVagner, and King planned the buildmg and supervised its construction. Wfilliam Peterson was in charge ol construction. ln 193-l the beautiful landscaping program lor Senior High's campus was completed. Behind the building is its handsome stadium and ath- letic lield - lair ol the lamous X'Vildcats - which were completed shortly alter the main building. Ours was the liirst athletic field in the state to be lighted lor night loot- ball. l952l . . lly l95?5 the vocal and instrumental departments had so lar outgrown their quarters that it was necessary to con- struct lor them at separate building adjoining Senior High.
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A .xx x Tix Hoo KKK X uf 7 t 'l Wd O uw Lo 3? f:5Xl ' ,:2ll' 411-4 I '-- -522 - I id' ' UB? g ' 0 H485 . . Our version ol' tlte Little Red School House was a tiny white lrame structure at tlte northeast corner ot Fourth and Orange: a one-room bttilding with wooden benches where all tlte grades met together, and students were seated according to the classes they were in. 1, 'l'here was no high school departtnent. The North l.ittle Rock Public School System was known as Common School District tmmber Ili ol Little Rock. lts Board of liducation consisted ol three members: Dr. lidward Meek, .Iantes liblin, and 'll NY. Baldwin. ,X lew years later a two-story brick structure was built on tlte corner ol 'l'hird and Poplar: and North Little Rock was imotpotau-d :ts the eighth ward ol Little Rock. o llnt still then- nas only an elementary educatiott avail- .tble to North little Rock pupils, unless they crossed the tru-t lo attt-nd Littlc Rock's high school. Many pttblic- spirited nten ol North Little Rock, unedttcated nten desir- ing an education lor their children, had dreams of a high school lmilding where pupils could receive ntore than a seventh-grade edttcatiou. North Little Rock remained in a separate school district but was still in a cotnmon school district, and according to the statutes ol' .-Xrkansas, had no legal right to issue bonds to raise money lor such a building. Only cities or towns could have single school districts. 'l'lte crisis was resolved by organizing North Little Rock into a separate incorporated town: and through the untiring ellorts ol XV. tl. lfaucette and Nl. D. L. Cook, a charter was obtained lrom County -ludge Kavanaugh. 'l'he new totsn was very small, covering only six or eight blocks north nl' tlte limits ol' tlte eighth ward of Little Rock: but alter its organization was ellected, a single school district was formed incorporating the former district I6 and the new district. lt had six directors: XV. C. Faucette, M. D. L. Cook, A. S. Wilbanks, AI. Nl. Griffin, 6.2. li. Pierce, and ll. E. Keyes. llllll . . Plans were begttn lor tlte new high schooli bonds were issued, and sulliciettt money was raised. From C. li. Moore, .7- 9 ' I TH' ,- 4, 4, , .- , E 4 - the directors purchased Clendenin Hill at the corner ol' Thirteenth and Nlain, formerly the property ol' judge Clen- denin, as a site. Rottie Harding drew architectural plants which were accepted and W. O. Holtzman directed con- struction. So tlte dream wasrealized in the lornt ol a red brick three-story building with white stone trim, spacious play- grounds, and beautiful terraces. North Side High School saw many generations come and go - serving as an ele- mentary building alter its two larger successors were con- structed, until it was razed in 1949-50 to make rootn for the new Clendenin.
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