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'''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, built in [[1903]], 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, and [[Theo Wright]] was the principal. The students were transferred to [[17th Avenue Elementary School|Seventeenth Avenue]], [[Norwood Elementary School|Norwood]], [[Martin Elementary School|Martin]] and [[Powell Elementary School|Powell Schools]]. | '''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, built in [[1903]], 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, and [[Theo Wright]] was the principal. The students were transferred to [[17th Avenue Elementary School|Seventeenth Avenue]], [[Norwood Elementary School|Norwood]], [[Martin Elementary School|Martin]] and [[Powell Elementary School|Powell Schools]]. | ||
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==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]] | ||
[[Category:1903 buildings]] | [[Category:1903 buildings]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Burned buildings]] | ||
[[Category:Former elementary schools]] | [[Category:Former elementary schools]] | ||
[[Category:13th Avenue North]] | [[Category:13th Avenue North]] | ||
[[Category:23rd Street North]] | [[Category:23rd Street North]] | ||
Revision as of 14:41, 14 March 2011
Barker Elementary School was a Birmingham school located on the corner of 13th Avenue and 23rd Street North. Barker, built in 1903, 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, and Theo Wright was the principal. The students were transferred to Seventeenth Avenue, Norwood, Martin and Powell Schools.