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Schools
& Libraries
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This
post card view is of the third (not the first) schoolhouse in Great
Neck. The building which served as a school from 1840 to 1869 still
remains at the corner of Fairview Avenue and Middle Neck Road. |
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Grades
one to twelve attended the white frame school building which stood
at the corner of Arrandale Avenue and Middle Neck Road from 1900
until it burned in 1920. |
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The
Thomaston school was built on farm land in 1905 in the area now
called Kensington. The Kensington-Johnson elementary school was
built beside it in 1921. The area is now occupied by apartment buildings. |
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The
Kensington Johnson elementary school. The first building was erected
facing Bond Street in 1921. The school was closed in 1981; later
the building was razed to make way for apartment buildings |
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Built
in 1863 as the Union Chapel, this former church on Middle Neck Road
has served as a theatre, a youth center and, with an added wing,
now houses the Village School, an alternative high school. |
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Students
at the Sweetland School, a private school, in 1918. |
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The
Arrandale School, the first high school, opened in 1914 on the corner
of Middle Neck Road and Arrandale Avenue. It later provided space
for the Adult Program and finally closed in 1977. |
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In 1907 the
Great Neck Library was moved from the home of the librarian on
Middle Neck Road into this Tudor style building on Arrandale Avenue.
When the Main Library moved to a new location in 1970, the building
was taken over by the Great Neck Park District and renamed Great
Neck House.
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Great Neck
Library main building on Bayview Avenue. Designed by architects
Gibbons & Heidtman and opened in 1970. |
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