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1953 Addition to Morris Central School
1953 Morris Central School Annex
Full article from The Daily Star about the donation by Mrs. Lewis Rutherfurd Morris for the school addition.
A view of the back of the school before the addition. A slide taken by Mr. Knapp.
The efforts to get this plan moving were outlined in the 1954 MCS yearbook on page 3 of the scan -- which can be seen at the link below:
https://ourtownnews.info/morris-ny/sites/default/files/MCS-1954.pdf
There are photos of the work on the addition in the 1955 MCS yearbook.
https://ourtownnews.info/morris-ny/sites/default/files/MCS-1955.pdf
Clipping shared by Peggy Knapp McCrea. Still searching for source of the clipping.
Aerial view after addition was completed. This photo was shared by Peggy Knapp McCrea.
Donna Madison LeBarron wrote:
Hey! I know this photo! I believe it's one my brother, Bill, took when he went up w an aviator friend from S New Berlin. That would have been 1971 or '72. I went up with the same friend in 1978 and took similar pics.
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 1953-MCS-annex.png | 5.87 MB |
 MCS_Annex_Plans_Approved.pdf | 811.22 KB |
| Full page with Morris Annex Approval story on it - Aug, 19, 1953 | 698.75 KB |
| The_Oneonta_Star_Fri__Jul_24__1953_.pdf | 497.99 KB |
| 1953-Morris-Woman-Ready-to-Donate-50-000-for-School-Addition.png | 3.48 MB |
| MCS-baseball-on-the-big-field-late-40s.jpg | 364.41 KB |
| 1937-Aerial-Photograph-of-MCS-when-NYS-23-came-down-West-St | 617.57 KB |
| 1953-Addition-to-School.jpg | 604.22 KB |
| AerialMCS.jpg | 4.59 MB |
| Morris-Central-School-aerial-view-from-west.jpg | 337.16 KB |
