Sanford Grammar School, Early 1900s

Sanford Grammar School, Early 1900s

Sanford Grammar School

Sanford (Fla.)

Schools

Education--Florida

Sanford Grammar School in the early 1900s. Originally located at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, Sanford Grammar School was first established as Sanford High School in 1902. The building was designed by W. G. Talley in the Romanesque revival style. Due to an increasing student population, a new school building was constructed on Sanford Avenue in 1911. The original building on Seventh Street served as Westside Grammar Elementary School, which was later renamed Sanford Grammar School. In 1984, the building was placed on the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places and converted into the Student Museum. The building reopened as the University of Central Florida's Public History Center in 2012. In 1927, a high school campus was designed by Elton J. Moughton in the Mediterranean revival style and constructed at 1700 French Avenue. The school reopened on January 10 and was renamed Seminole High School. In 1960, the high school moved to a new campus at 2701 Ridgewood Avenue and the former building on French Avenue was converted to Sanford Junior High School, which was later renamed Sanford Middle School. The old building was demolished in the summer of 1991 and replaced by a $5.77 million school complex. As of 2013, Seminole High School offers various Advanced Placement courses, the Academy for Health Careers, and the International Baccalaureate Programme for students.

Original 8.5 x 11 inch black and white photograph: Sanford Grammar Collection, Archives Box 4B, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

ca. 1911-1984

Digital reproduction of original 8.5 x 11 inch black and white photograph.

Sanford Grammar Collection, Archives Box 4B, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

Seminole County Public Schools Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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8.5 x 11 inch black and white photograph

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Sanford Grammar School, Sanford, Florida

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History Teacher

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Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Cepero, Laura

"Public History Center"." Public History Center, University of Central Florida. http://www.publichistorycenter.cah.ucf.edu/.

Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). Sanford. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.

"Student Museum." Seminole County Public Schools. http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/studentmuseum/Home.aspx.