- Lake School
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name = Lake Elementary School
type = defunct public,elementary school
location = 2410 North 19th Street Omaha, NE 68111
district =Omaha Public Schools
grades = 1-8
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free_label = Opened in 1888
free_label2 = Closed in 1978 (est)
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website =Lake School was located at 2410 North 19th Street in the Near North Side neighborhood ofOmaha, Nebraska . The school was one of Omaha's "black school s", andgrade one throughgrade eight . [(n.d.) [http://webmail.ops.org/~john.mezger/people Excerpts from Interviews - Evelyn Montgomery] Crestridge School of International/Global Studies, Omaha Public Schools. Retrieved 9/11/07.] The school closed in the 1970s.History
Built in 1888, Lake evolved from an earlier frame schoolhouse opened in 1879, making Lake School one of the oldest schools in the Omaha School District. The school's first principal was Miss Emma Whitmore, who locked the names of the first graduates in a metal box, and had them buried beneath a new tree at the school. The key was then attached by ribbon to a pigeon released to an unknown destination. [Omaha Public Library Omaha History Clipping File- Elementary Schools, Public - Lake School.]
Building
Lake School was a brick two-story school with a peaked roofline and decorative elements at the peaks. There was a bell tower protruding from the top of one part of the east side of the building. [ [http://www.memories.ne.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/opl&CISOPTR=488&REC=8 "Lake School"] . Nebraska Memories. State of Nebraska. Retrieved 9/11/07.]
ee also
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Education in North Omaha, Nebraska
*List of public schools in Omaha, Nebraska References
External links
* [http://nebraskamemories.com/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/opl&CISOPTR=488&REC=5 Historic postcard]
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