Irving School History

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=130 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="00580803.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#BF0000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Irving School History<B>   </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Carthage"><U><B>Carthage School</B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Irving School"><U><B>Irving School</B></U></A></div> <div> Irving school was erected in 1889 at the northeast corner of Second and </div> <div> Orchard streets to serve the First ward.  It was built by George B. Wood.</div> <div> Irving was demolished after Eugene Field school was built.  The building</div> <div> is shown on the 1915 Sanborn Fire Insurance map.</div> <bR> <div> It was reported in 1922 that the Irving school would be discontinued and that</div> <div> the students would attend the Eugene Field school in the northeast part of</div> <div> Carthage.  Overcrowded conditions forced the district to reopen the Irving</div> <div> School building in September 1922.  Petitions were signed asking for the </div> <div> Irving building to be repaired and used for the first, second and third grade pupils.</div> <bR> <div> The Irving school building was used until 1934, having served the community</div> <div> for forty-five years.  </div> <bR> <div> 1899 Irving School Teachers</div> <div> Alice Bistline, principal; Lulu Freed, Edna R. Beard, Bessie Lundy.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>