Student Drawing of Sanford Grammar School

Student Drawing of Sanford Grammar School

Drawing of Sanford Grammar School

Sanford (Fla.)

Education--Florida

Schools

A drawing and description of Sanford Grammar school by a student named Lakeisha Beveritt. Originally established as Sanford High School, the main building was constructed at 301 West Seventh Street in Sanford, Florida, 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 the corner of East Ninth Street and South Palmetto Avenue in 1911. The original building on Seventh Street served as Westside Grammar Elementary School, which was later renamed Sanford Grammar School. After a desperate need for an addition to the school developed, the city granted the school 75,000 dollars. The school's lunchroom was opened on October 10, 1921, after months of fundraising efforts hosted by the Woman's Club.

In November 23, 1984, the main school building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and converted into the Student Museum. However, despite objections from the community, the lunchroom was demolished on September 25, 2008. The main school building reopened as the University of Central Florida's Public History Center in 2012.

Beveritt, Lakeisha

Original drawing by Lakeisha Beveritt: Sanford Grammar Collection, Archives Box 4B, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

ca. 1911-1984

Digital reproduction of original drawing by Lakeisha Beveritt.

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, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Sanford Grammar School, Sanford, Florida

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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.

Lakeisha Beveritt Sanford Grammar was built in 1907 Sanford Grammar is very very old. The teachers teach you very well. May Day Play Day is fun, we is[sic] 82 years old. I like the old school, and I like the monkey bars.