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It's been a great rideThe sign reads "End of an ere, beginning of a dream... It's been a great ride"
This was the sign displayed as the school closed for good.
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Exterior ViewHere's a view from the corner, showing the sign, Gym wing, and part of the older building.
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Old BuildingThe "Old Building", which was the majority of the school. When this was built, this would have been the main entrance.
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ThorntonThe building proudly displays the name "Thrornton", since it was built to be Thornton's K-12 school.
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Front ViewAnother view from the front.
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Side ViewHere's a view from the other side. The room sticking out in the foreground was the science room pictured above. The door sticking out to the left is shown in more detail below.
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Back of SchoolHere's the "back courtyard". Off to the right was the original gymnasium, which was then used to become a band room and shop room.
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Back ViewAnother view from the back, showing the shop/old gym. The silver walk-in freezer was added when Tim was a senior in 1988. Some of his classmates helped build it...
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Gym WingThis shows the current gymnasium, built in the late 50's, and some of the classrooms surrounding it.
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Gymnasium 1936This was the exterior entrance to the original gym, but when the "new" gym was built in the 50's, it became just another door to the school.
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Exterior StairwayAt one time this led to an exit from "backstage" of the old gym/auditorium. As noted above, the shop room still had plenty of evidence of there being a stage in there at one time, and this door was part of it...
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Treed viewAnother view from the back, through the trees.
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