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Eastport, NY School Fire, April 1931

School Blaze Eastport School

SCHOOL BLAZE.
Eastport, New York -- Photo of the School Fire.
1931-04-27
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!

Eastport School Fire

In 1912, the two story wood school was completed at a cost of $12,000.... In 1927, Eastport voters approved a brick addition to the school at a cost of $112,000 and it opened October 5, 1928. On April 27, 1931, the two-story wood school caught fire and burned down, but the new brick section was saved..... The brick school in Eastport is now kindergarten through sixth grade.

Historical Profiles of Eastport, Speonk, Remsenburg, Westhampton
http://www.town.southampton.ny.us/areastudy/hiselect1.pdf

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