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A broken window in the old Dodge School tells the story. The 1884 school doesn't have long to live.
But it really hasn't been alive since it was closed in 1975. it was going to be a museum, and then an art center. But vandals and inflation…

Third Street School...was the original name for the old building. The date 1884 is cut in stone over the main entrance.

A Framing Plank...is wrestled from the first floor by Bob Riche as seen through a broken window. The lumber will probably wind up in a farm building.

Behind these brick walls and fancy trimming, school children have been mastering their three Rs since 1884. Can you identify the place?

Answer: The photo shows the upper portion of the Dodge School entrance.

Dodge School at 3rd Street and 12th Avenue. Photo has been cut around the outline of the building for the article.

Photograph of Dodge School, 1945.