The six schools of Oakfield village from 1828 until the present. In the insets from left to right are the former location of the log schoolhouse at 6 South Main (1828-1853), the Cary Seminary at 1 North Pearl (1844-1925), the former location of the school built in 1851, on Drake Street behind the seminary building (1851-1893), the school at 10-12 Webber Avenue (1893-1973), and the school at 1 North Pearl (1926-1973). Parenthetical dates are years served as schoolhouses. Of the five older schools, only Webber Avenue and Pearl Street remain standing, today apartments and senior/handicap housing respectively. The first two insets are from old postcards, the third from Google Earth, and the last two from Genesee County tax records online. In the background is the current school as photographed in 2004 by '82 alumnus Jeff Drilling. In many communities including Oakfield, when a new high school is built, the old high school becomes the new elementary school.
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