Meadville Junior High School - Meadville, Pa, USA
N 41° 38.360 W 080° 08.961
17T E 570845 N 4610082
Meadville Junior High School - Meadville, Pa, USA at the northern end of Diamond Park.
Waymark Code: WMT6D
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2006
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The former Jr. High encompassed grades 7th - 9th. The large brick building had 3 stories, a large auditorium, basement cafeteria, boys and girls gyms, and numerous stairwells. Needless to say, I and my friends had a blast !
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Meadville (Junior) High School
Meadville, Crawford County
Significance
In the opening years of the twentieth century, Meadville was a prosperous, growing community. Spirella Corset, the Hookless Fastener (Talon zippers), Erie Railroad headquarters, Keystone View, several forging and heavy castings manufacturers such as Page Boiler Works and Meadville Malleable, not only created full employment but raised the skills and educational levels required from employees. By 1910, a decision was made to build a new high school on the city's central commons area known as Diamond Park. The school was completed in 1921.
Designed in the collegiate Gothic style popular in the 1920s, the building's H-shape plan included an auditorium, two gyms for physical education and extramural sports, a spacious library, shop and domestic arts spaces, and classrooms. A court area faced the Diamond, around which stand the courthouse, the public library, the armory, four churches, and several mansions.
Threat
In the 1950s, with increased enrollments due to regionalization, the school was made the junior high school and a new senior high school was built on the eastern boundary of the city. In the past decade, the school board voted to build a new junior high school as well, which meant the closing of the building on Diamond Park. There is local concern that the school board may sell the building to a developer with plans to tear it down and replace it with a retail/office structure. Community support for finding a use for the building is growing and the Meadville Area Coalition is leading the search for a preservation oriented developer to offer a viable alternative.
The Jr. High closed in June 1998. The new school is next to the sr. high now. No more morning trips to the local donut shop, candy store, or Burger King.