1937
Citation: 127.700.2-4 (Full image size: 60Kb)
Bids for the construction of the Grand Avenue underpass were received in August, 1936. The contract was awarded to Ben Cole & Son of Ames. Looking southeasterly in this photo from the mainline of the railroad we can see the excavation partly completed. The Ames High School Field House, on the south side of Lincoln Way, at upper left, was in its prime. Kimler Coal & Ice office is at far left. (See also: 131.718.5-6) Photo, courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation.
Citation: 192.1091.5 (Full image size: 45Kb)
The old Central Junior High School was located between 5th and 6th Streets on the west side of Clark Avenue. It is shown here in July, 1937, being torn down to make way for the new Ames High School. Excavation for the basement of the new building has begun in the foreground. Opened in the fall of 1939, that building was converted to the Ames City Hall (opened in 1990).
Citation: 192.1092.1 (Full image size: 94Kb)
The demolition of the old Central School (Ames High School) on the southwest corner of Clark Avenue and Sixth Street in 1937. The old building was torn down to make way for the construction of the new Ames High School building on the site.
Citation: 193.1095.2-4 (Full image size: 60Kb)
Central Junior High School building on the west side of Clark Avenue (between 5th and 6th Streets) in July, 1937, after serving school children for 56 years. In September, 1939, a new high school building was opened on the same site. During the 1960s, the new building again became a junior high school (last used as a school in 1986). Finally in 1990, the remodeled building opened as the Ames City Hall.
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