Ford School

Dates:

1869, demolished 1953

Location:

South Street Hill at Fourteenth Street

Architect: William H. Brown
Cost: $85,000

This incredible building was demolished in 1953, the hill bulldozed flat, and is now occupied by the Army Reserve Center (and its large parking lot) on top of South Street Hill.

Ford School, 1876 Ford School, 1878
Ford School, 1890 Ford School, 1919
Ford School, 1914 Ford School from the south, c.1953. (Photograph courtesy of the Herman Berry Collection)
 
Ford School from the south, c.1953. (Photograph courtesy of the Herman Berry Collection)