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[[Image:Barker School fire.jpg|thumb|right|325px|''Birmingham Post'' photo of the school in flames. {{BPL permission caption|http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll2,845}}]] | [[Image:Barker School fire.jpg|thumb|right|325px|''Birmingham Post'' photo of the school in flames. {{BPL permission caption|http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll2,845}}]] | ||
'''Barker Elementary School''' was a [[Birmingham City Schools|Birmingham school]] located on the corner of [[13th Avenue North|13th Avenue]] and [[23rd Street North]]. Barker | '''Barker Elementary School''' was a [[Birmingham City Schools|Birmingham school]] located on the corner of [[13th Avenue North|13th Avenue]] and [[23rd Street North]]. | ||
The central portion of Barker School was built in [[1903]], with two wings added in [[1910]]. | |||
The school was destroyed by a fire which started in the boiler room during the early morning of [[March 14]], [[1941]]. At the time of the fire, 527 students were enrolled in the school. They were transferred to [[17th Avenue Elementary School|Seventeenth Avenue]], [[Norwood Elementary School|Norwood]], [[Martin Elementary School|Martin]] and [[Powell Elementary School|Powell Schools]]. | |||
The insurance settlement paid for a new 8-room addition to the [[Seventeenth Avenue School]]. | |||
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==Principals== | |||
* [[Theo Wright]], -[[1941]] | |||
==References== | |||
* "[http://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll2/id/775 Barker Classes To Continue]" (March 15, 1941) ''Birmingham Age-Herald'' - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.atwalker.com/pcb/school/barker.html Barker School] at [[Postcard Birmingham]] | * [http://www.atwalker.com/pcb/school/barker.html Barker School] at [[Postcard Birmingham]] | ||
Revision as of 18:42, 19 April 2014
Birmingham Post photo of the school in flames. courtesy BPL Archives
Barker Elementary School was a Birmingham school located on the corner of 13th Avenue and 23rd Street North.
The central portion of Barker School was built in 1903, with two wings added in 1910.
The school was destroyed by a fire which started in the boiler room during the early morning of March 14, 1941. At the time of the fire, 527 students were enrolled in the school. They were transferred to Seventeenth Avenue, Norwood, Martin and Powell Schools.
The insurance settlement paid for a new 8-room addition to the Seventeenth Avenue School.
Principals
References
- "Barker Classes To Continue" (March 15, 1941) Birmingham Age-Herald - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections