OAK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

In the beginning there was the first Oak Hill Elementary School, a wooden structure that had started out as the Pratt Schoolhouse. It was located at Walker Street and Quebec Ave.  An undated picture is to the right.

That building was replaced with a new two-room brick building in 1918.

In 1920 the building was wired for electric lights.

In 1924, four classrooms and an activities room were added. More additions were made – a picture from the 1920s makes the facility look like it is two building facing different directions.

1925

Mrs. Halsey Hall was one of the teachers in 1926. Mr. Halsey Hall refereed for Park baseball games.

Click here for a picture from 1940.

In 1952, Park Knoll School was built, and Oak Hill served only grades 1-2 and a “trainable class.” Instead of forming its own PTA, Park Knoll and Oak Hill had a joint organization.  See our separate page on the activities of the Oak Hill-Park Knoll PTA from 1952 to 1963.  During those years, Luella Butler was the Principal of Oak Hill School.

In 1955 there were about 100 students. In the 1960-61 school year there were 130 students, compared to the 694 students in the K-6 Park Knoll.


1960

 

about 1970
 

Oak Hill was transformed into offices in 1972, and the school was decommissioned altogether in 1974. It was demolished and the site is now a duplex.

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