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A history in photos of Mansfield schools

August 21, 2017August 24, 2023

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  • This was how Mansfield High School looked along Fourth Street in 1913. (Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Hedges School is shown here in 1912. (Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This classroom scene is from Brinkherhoff School. (Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Mansfield High School band is pictured here sometime before 1925. (Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • Prospect School is pictured here. No date was given. (Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This is an 1894 photo of Mansfield High School. (Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This picture of Mansfield Senior High School is from the 1940s. (Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This photo is of the local Children’s Home. No date was given. (Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This photo is of the First Street School in 1894. (Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • This was a scene from Safety Town in 1960. (Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Ovalwood Hall is shown in this aerial photograph of the Ohio State University-Mansfield campus. (Photo courtesy of the Mansfield Bicentennial Committee)

  • The Blockhouse was once used as a schoolhouse among other things. 

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