Binghamton, its settlement, growth and development . ing on Oak street. School No. p, Clinton street.—In 1884 the board purchased the landon which the school house in this district was built. Previous to theyear mentioned that portion of the city north of the railroad on thewest side of the Chenango river had no public school, and the creationof a new district was a necessity. The school building was erected in1884, and cost $6,737. It was the first of the thoroughly modern schoolbuildings of the city. School No. 10, Laurel Avenue.—The land on which this splendidmodern building is erected was
Binghamton, its settlement, growth and development . ing on Oak street. School No. p, Clinton street.—In 1884 the board purchased the landon which the school house in this district was built. Previous to theyear mentioned that portion of the city north of the railroad on thewest side of the Chenango river had no public school, and the creationof a new district was a necessity. The school building was erected in1884, and cost $6,737. It was the first of the thoroughly modern schoolbuildings of the city. School No. 10, Laurel Avenue.—The land on which this splendidmodern building is erected was purchased from Horatio R. Clarke,George Gary and Edward S. Gary, June 1, 1889, for the sum of $2,100.(Marcus W. Scott and wife also quit-claimed to the city their interest • The land was purchased of William H. Van Vorst. The deed was dated lune 2, 1S84; con-sideration, $1,800. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 243 in certain lots in Gary Place by deed dated June 17, 1889.) The schoolhouse was built during the same year, and cost $13,679. It is a large. three-story brick structure, modern in design and construction and anornament both to the district and the city. 244 BINGHAMTON, ITS SETTLEMENT, School No. II, Bevier Street.—In this immediate locality, in whichpioneer Bevier settled more than a himdred years ago, a log school-
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