Sharon Schools - Early Years

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In 1803 a log school house was built by Daniel Hall and Henry Hoagland on the Hoagland place. The first school in Sharon, that is in the town proper, was built near the present site of the First Baptist Church. A few years later a log structure 18x25 feet was erected. The third building built before 1840, was a frame structure located near the former site of the First Methodist Church. Later, about 1850, two frame buildings were erected. The picture of one of them being shown above [at right]. It is thought to have been built on the corner of Silver and Erie streets. In 1859 a school was erected near the present Pennsylvania Railroad depot. This building was bought for a roundhouse by the E. & P. Railroad when it was built through here in 1862-63. Later in 1864-65 the Central School Building was erected. It contained seven rooms. Later the South Ward school house was built in 1876-77, the East Ward and West Ward buildings following in the years 1879 and 1885 respectively. In 1840-45 an academy, known the Old Baptist Academy was erected where the First Baptist Church now stands. This school was never very prosperous and was sold at a sheriff’s sale in 1854. Another institution established, known as the Halle Institute, The contract was given to John Cook in the spring of 1888 The institution was incorporated on May 21, 1888. The Mirror, 1924, Sharon High School Yearbook, page 104.	One of the old Sharon School buildings built in 1850 Instructors in the Sharon School District in 1890