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From: "Carolyn deWolfe" <>
Subject: Re: [LAEASTBA] Re: Baton Rouge Tent Revivals and Early Schools
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 00:14:31 -0400


I attended Standard Heights School during WWII. We were preoccupied with the war and had scrap metal collections, air raid drills, practice walks home, war bond sales, etc.

The building was a one story brick for grades 1 through 6 ( no kindergarten when I attended) with one classroom for each grade. The playground was large and grassy - and next door to a large parking lot for the Standard Oil Refinery - now Exxon. Several years ago I found the old school and took a photo. It was abandoned, falling apart, and quite sad. I think I may have another photo of the front of the school from the 1940's. I am not at home, however, and don't have my photos with me. The recent photo I took would not be a happy reminder of the years when your relatives attended the school.


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>Bad news. The school was torn down. I checked a BR directory from the 50's and found a listing for Standard Heights Elem. It later became a private school and the name was changed. The address was 1075 Seneca and it was listed as a school in 1968 but by the time the 1969 directory came out, 1075 Seneca was listed as vacant. The lot is completely paved in concrete and a concrete block building (warehouse ?) stands there now. Sorry.
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