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Unit 3: Schools for Aberdeen Children: What Some Schools Looked Like

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Presentation Academy

The first Catholic school in Aberdeen was called Presentation Academy.  It was built in 1888.  How many years ago was that?

Jefferson School

Jefferson Schoolwas the first school north of the Chicago Milwaukee Railroad tracks, and it was built in 1891. How old would Jefferson School be if it were still standing?

Washington School

Part of this building was built in 1883 and named Lincoln. An addition was built in 1886 and the whole building was renamed Washington.

 

 

 

 
 

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