Pennington High School - Yearbook (Blountsville, AL)

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1888-1895 This building was also built by Otto W. Puls, a German contractor, with local labor. It was financed by the citizens of Blountsville. It was located south of town on a three acre campus. This building first housed the Ninth District Agricultural School when it was established in 1895. Today the Frank Burns Memorial Marker and Park identifies the location. The building burned in 1919. In 1887 a contract for a new court- house was let to Otto W. Puls for S16,200. A year later the building was completed. A vote was held in 1889 and the county seat was moved to One- onta. E. O. McCord spent three months going from home to home to raise money to buy the building on the Blountsville Town Square for the estab- lishment of Blount College. It was suc- cessful and was used as a college until 1895 when fire destroyed the building. 1895-1919

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This shows the remains of the build- ing after fire again destroyed the State Secondary Agricultural School on a Sunday moming in August 1938. The people again demonstrated their interest in education by getting this three story building under con- struction in a few weeks after fire destroyed their school for a second time. The main building was erected in 1919 at a cost of 850,000 and located on a beautiful fourteen acre campus north of town. It was modern and con- tained nine class rooms, and rooms for music ex- pressions, library, vocational home economics, agriculture, and manual training. The auditorium would seat 600 people. 'Z V 9