Description: FANTASTIC OLD CABINET PHOTO of the students of Crew Street School in Atlanta, Georgia.Included is Sadie May Snider 1888-1965; 4th Grade; Nov. 1896Crew Street Grammar School – (Feb. 14, 1872 – Oct. 1957): Crew Street grammar school opened in 1872, which also happened to be the end of Reconstruction in Georgia. The original structure was located at 97 Crew Street between Washington Street and Capital Avenue, it was the first of the three schools to be built. Upon opening its doors, Crew Street elementary had 429 students enrolled on the first day. Out of the area’s 2000 students, having 429 students enrolled made Crew Street overcrowded from day one. The first Crew Street school was built of wood, for around $2,500, which would amount to about $48,118.92 in 2017 costs. Little did the students of Crew Street School know, the school itself would ultimately occupy several different buildings. In February of 1885, the original Crew Street school building burned to the ground. Unfortunately, the building could not be salvaged, however, thanks to the building being insured the old wooden structure was replaced by another wooden structure worth about $131, 391 in today’s dollars. In 1907, a series of articles published by The Atlanta Constitution and the Atlanta Georgian featured horror stories about the unsanitary and unsafe conditions of Atlanta’s first public schools. By 1910, more professionals stepped up to denounce the unsanitary conditions of the local schools; plumbers condemned almost every school erected. Though all of the schools for African-American students were condemned as unsanitary, poorly ventilated and lacking modern plumbing. After much uproar, the Board of Education agreed to allocate funding for a newer, more sanitary and state of the art building for the first Atlanta school buildings. Additionally, the board agreed to build more schools to resolve the overcrowding issues in the city. Original 1872 wooden structure of Crew Street grammar school. As featured in 1907 The Atlanta Georgian news article. By 1911, newly constructed Crew Street school was scheduled to reopen. The new school structure would be erected in the same area as the old Crew Street structure. According to a 1912 Atlanta Constitution article, the original Crew Street School structure was the oldest in the city. The original school bell would be repurposed in the new structure as the student preferred the old school bell to the new “rapid fire” school gong. The old Crew Street building would serve as a temporary home to the new Commerical High School, until it’s new facilities were completed. By 1957, the old Crew Street school would be demolished to make way for the new highway system. At this time, the 85-year-old school was still operating functionally but would be one of the nearly 500 buildings to be demolished in favor of the new I-20 expressway. Would Crew Street school be in operation today if it weren’t for the highway construction? It’s hard to tell, but it would have been nice to retain its original structure.SEE OTHER ATLANTA SCHOOL PICTURES I HAVE LISTED. SEE PICTURE(S) UP CLOSE FOR CONDITION. ASK IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC CONDITION NEEDS or QUESTIONS THAT ARE NOT APPARENT IN THE PICTURES.Look for any folds, creases, corners broken or other problems. Ask if you have questions about condition. Pardon any glare/shadows/reflection from the images.PAYMENT DUE WITHIN 48 hours.
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