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West Denison Elementary School
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'''Location:''' 3799 West 33rd St., Cleveland, Ohio | '''Location:''' 3799 West 33rd St., Cleveland, Ohio | ||
| - | The first school at this location was the Brooklyn Academy which opened in 1841. Later, once Brooklyn Village was annexed to the City of Cleveland in 1894, a public school was erected and named "Denison Elementary School". | + | |
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| + | :The first school at this location was the Brooklyn Academy which opened in 1841. Later, once Brooklyn Village was annexed to the City of Cleveland in 1894, a public school was erected and named "Denison Elementary School". | ||
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| + | '''History:''' | ||
| + | :Parents were required to pay tuition so their children could receive an education. | ||
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| + | :The wood schoolhouse was torn down and replaced by a brick building. An additional building was built in the early 1890's when Denison Elementary became a part of the '''Cleveland Public School System'''. At that point, the building contained 16 rooms. | ||
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| + | :Denison was a temporary home for the [[Cleveland Public Library - Brooklyn Branch|Brooklyn Branch Library]] just prior to the building of the new school. | ||
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| + | '''Grades:''' | ||
| + | :Kindergarten thru 8th grade | ||
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Passed by the thirty-seventh General Assembly of Ohio at its first session. Held in the city of Columbus, and commencing December 8, 1838, in the thirty-seventh year of said state. VOL XXXVII, Columbus.</p> | Passed by the thirty-seventh General Assembly of Ohio at its first session. Held in the city of Columbus, and commencing December 8, 1838, in the thirty-seventh year of said state. VOL XXXVII, Columbus.</p> | ||
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| + | '''Principals:''' | ||
| + | :Mary Peterson - First principal | ||
| + | :Miss Lang - about 1920 | ||
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| + | === CLASS PICTURES === | ||
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| + | Image:Denison_School_-_June_1966_Grade_6A.JPG|(West) Denison<br>June 1966 - Grade 6A | ||
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Revision as of 12:29, 10 June 2009
Location: 3799 West 33rd St., Cleveland, Ohio
Opened:
- The first school at this location was the Brooklyn Academy which opened in 1841. Later, once Brooklyn Village was annexed to the City of Cleveland in 1894, a public school was erected and named "Denison Elementary School".
History:
- Parents were required to pay tuition so their children could receive an education.
- The wood schoolhouse was torn down and replaced by a brick building. An additional building was built in the early 1890's when Denison Elementary became a part of the Cleveland Public School System. At that point, the building contained 16 rooms.
- Denison was a temporary home for the Brooklyn Branch Library just prior to the building of the new school.
Grades:
- Kindergarten thru 8th grade
JAS. J. FARAN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WILLIAM HAWKINS, Speaker of the Senate.
March 13, 1839.
AN ACT
To incorporate the Brooklyn Centre Academy.
Sec. 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That
Joseph Weller, William Richard, L. S. Pelton, Richard Vaughn, Russell
Pelton, A. L. Palmer, Diodate Clark, Peter Elbridge, Moses Merrill,
John Boyden, Henry S. Hanchett, Samuel Storer, Benjamin Sawtell,
Alexander Ingram, Samuel W. Turner and Henry Chapman, together
with such other persons as may be hereafter associated with them, for
the purpose of establishing an academy at Brooklyn Centre in the county
of Cuyahoga, be and they are hereby created a body politic and
corporate with succession for thirty years, by the name of the Brooklyn
Centre academy, and by that name shall be competent to contract and
be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, answer
and be answered unto, in all courts of law and equity; and to
acquire, possess and enjoy, and to sell and convey, and dispose of property,
both real and personal: Provided, That the annual income of such
property shall not exceed three thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. That any three of the above named persons shall have
power to call a meeting by giving ten days previous notice thereof by
advertisement set up at three of the most public places in the town of
Brooklyn, or by publication in either of the public newspapers of that
town or county.
Sec. 3. That any future legislature may modify or repeal this act:
Provided, That any property, real or personal, acquired or conveyed under
its provisions, shall not be thereby aifected or diverted to any other
purposes than that originally designated.
--ACTS OF A GENERAL NATURE, Passed by the thirty-seventh General Assembly of Ohio at its first session. Held in the city of Columbus, and commencing December 8, 1838, in the thirty-seventh year of said state. VOL XXXVII, Columbus.
Principals:
- Mary Peterson - First principal
- Miss Lang - about 1920
CLASS PICTURES
 (West) Denison |
