This is an image of Traverse City’s biggest school fire. Which school is it, and when did the fire take place?
Bonus question: A close-by mansion accommodated students for a year after the fire. What famous building was it?
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Central Grade School
fire occurred in 1934
bonus question: maybe Perry Hannah Mansion…
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Central Grade School
fire happened in 1934
bonus question: I’ll guess the Perry Hannah Mansion
Indeed, it happened in 1934, a year to remember. Yes, children occupied Perry Hanson’s home for the next school year. Imagine listening to the teacher in the same room Perry Hannah occupied thirty years before.
oops…didn’t realize my wife had replied to the questions…lol
Ha! Glad you both are on the same page! Thanks for commenting, Mark.
I was in third grade when Central Grade School burned. We had classes in the Hannah House on Sixth Street until the new school was built. It was red brick with the junior high
upstairs and the grade school downstairs.
Thanks for sharing, Mozelle. Dottie French once told me she had lessons at the Hannah mansion, too.