Alcott School Views

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="006fa9e3.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#99FFFF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Alcott School Views<B>   </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B> </B><B>  </B><A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Joplin"><U><B>Joplin School </B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alcott School"><U><B>Alcott School</B></U></A></div> <div> In 1892 the city extended its limits to embrace Blendville on the south and, at the annual meeting in 1893, the </div> <div> Blendville school district containing- some 600 children of school age, and the Parr Hill district embracing the </div> <div> southeastern portion of the enlarged city, with a two-room well organized school — both voted to unite with the </div> <div> city district. Following the addition of this new territory the original six rooms of the beautiful Alcott school were built.</div> <div> <I>A History of Jasper County, Missouri and Its People, Volume 1, by Joel Thomas Livingston. 1912</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="05dbc9f0.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="415" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Photo from <I>The Joplin News Herald, Mining-Industrial Annual Edition, </I>1915.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0a3bcdd0.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="477" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 1906 Sanborn Fire Insurance map.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="05e275a0.jpg" border=0 width="551" height="346" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0c8d3bc0.jpg" border=0 width="467" height="700" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> According to Polk's Joplin City Directory, 1949 the address was 2312 Annie Baxter Ave.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0c6bcd30.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="467" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> The Alcott school building survived the May 22, 2011 Joplin tornado.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0c7bcd30.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="467" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><script language="JavaScript1.2"> /* Disable right click script II (on images)- By Dynamicdrive.com For full source, Terms of service, and 100s DTHML scripts Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com */ var clickmessage="Please send an email if you would like a copy of this photo." function disableclick(e) { if (document.all) { if (event.button==2||event.button==3) { if (event.srcElement.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage); return false; } } } else if (document.layers) { if (e.which == 3) { alert(clickmessage); return false; } } else if (document.getElementById){ if (e.which==3&&e.target.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage) return false } } } function associateimages(){ for(i=0;i<document.images.length;i++) document.images[i].onmousedown=disableclick; } if (document.all) document.onmousedown=disableclick else if (document.getElementById) document.onmouseup=disableclick else if (document.layers) associateimages() </script></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>