Olyphant Junior High School

Completed in 1925, Olyphant Junior High School was built on the site of Olyphant's first schoolhouse, which had opened in 1855. As the community continued to grow, a major expansion by 1936 added a U-shaped section with two gymnasiums, a home making department, and an industrial arts shop arranged around a central courtyard. After the Mid Valley School District was formed in 1969, the building housed high school-level vocational and technical curriculum classes. Although it was eventually closed by the school district, the former school was later reborn as an apartment building for area senior citizens. A 1982 view by photographer and Olyphant native John Greskovic shows the former Junior High School partially framed by the single remaining doorway of the town's early 20th century High School, with the dome of St. Patrick's Church clearly visible on the left.

Olyphant, Pennsylvania · United States