Washington School
Built 1904
on ground leased from the city of Shawnee in Farrrell Park
Post card photo
Washington School built 1904 in Farrall Park
Washington Elementary school was one of the three new ward schools
built in 1904.
Jefferson, Franklin, and Washington were all built on the
same two-story floor plan with a basement and of the same architectural
design.
Washington was replaced by a newer building in 1937. The plot
in Farrell Park where Washington stands
was leased from the city for 99 years. In the 1980s when the
school system went to grade centers, Washington
housed all the Shawnee fifth graders. Use of the building
was discontinued in the late 1990s and the photo below
shows how it appears in 2007.
The cornerstone says: LAID BY THE M.W. GRAND LODGE
A.F. & A.M.
A.D. 1937 - A.L. 5937
Dave H. Wilson Grand Master
S Epley, April 2007
Boarded doors and window greet visitors to Washington
School which now stands empty and quite in Farrell Park.
The Playground still looks much as it did when children
attended school. In the background are tennis courts.
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