Corner Stones

Greenville's Central School was originally constructed in 1912 and expanded with an added wing in 1936. Its cornerstones were laid with great ceremony before crowds of hundreds, and both contained copper boxes holding lists of students and other artifacts from their time. The original building cost the district $90,000, and the Greenville Independent praised it as "the most complete school in the state." Standard high school curriculums of the era generally included English, history, science, mathematics, and Latin, but Central also offered French, German, trigonometry, and psychology, along with vocational programs in bookkeeping, typing, and stenography. The building stood at the south end of Frenklin Street until it was razed in 1977.

Greenville, Michigan · United States