Letter from Thomas Willington Lawton to Susan B. Wight (July 15, 1924)

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Title

Letter from Thomas Willington Lawton to Susan B. Wight (July 15, 1924)

Alternative Title

Letter from Lawton to Wight (July 15, 1924)

Subject

Sanford (Fla.)
Education--Florida
Schools

Description

A letter from Thomas Willington Lawton (1882-1963), Secretary and Superintendent of the Seminole County Department of Public Instruction, to Susan B. Wight, President of the Sanford Woman's Club, dated July 15, 1924. On behalf to the Seminole County Board of Public Instruction, Lawton thanks Wight and the Woman's Club for their assistance in funding school lunches at Sanford Grammar School.

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. 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.

Creator

Lawton, Thomas Willington

Source

Photocopy of original letter from Thomas Willington Lawton to Susan B. Wight, July 15, 1924: Sanford Grammar Collection, Archives Box 4B, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

Date Created

1924-07-15

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of photocopied letter from Thomas Willington Lawton to Susan B. Wight, July 15, 1924.

Is Part Of

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.

Format

image/jpg

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342 KB

Medium

1-page typewritten letter on Seminole County Department of Public Instruction letterhead

Language

eng

Type

Text

Coverage

Sanford Grammar School, Sanford, Florida

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher

Provenance

Originally created by Thomas Willington Lawton.

Rights Holder

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

Contributing Project

Curator

Cepero, Laura

Digital Collection

External Reference

"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.

Citation

Lawton, Thomas Willington, “Letter from Thomas Willington Lawton to Susan B. Wight (July 15, 1924),” RICHES, accessed December 5, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4706.

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