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School children in front of Beaverton Public School ~ turn of 20th century

Image by Beaverton Historical Society
Source: City website photo 21
Beaverton, OR

The schoohouse was built on land located between what is now Canyon Road and Broadway Street, a few hundred feet south of where the Beaverton Transit Center is today. It initially had only one classroom, although a second was added within a few years and third one was constructed in 1895. "The school yard was… enclosed with a six ft. board fence with a stile at the entrance to the schoolyard to keep the stock out of the play yard." and "to keep the children from trespassing on adjacent property."

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