Goundry School
Goundry School - 1866 - 1954
Located at 236 Goundry Street, it closed because of School District finances.
In the photo collage above, Goundry Street School No. 1 is at the lower right. The other building (upper left) is Ironton School No. 3 on Oliver Street.
Goundry School, constructed in 1866, was the first major school built in the Village of North Tonawanda. Located at 236 Goundry Street, it was a large, red brick building which also housed the high school until Felton School was built in 1901. The only library in North Tonawanda was in a small square wing of the school. Constructed in 1866, it was the first major school building in the Village. Closed because of School District finances, it was demolished in 1954 when the new Humphrey Street administration building was built. The bell from Goundry School has been preserved in the administration building. The grassy area and parking lot on the west side of today's Carnegie Arts Center was the original location of this school.
Photo: Courtesy of
A. Daniel Bille, North Tonawanda City Historian
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Goundry School, circa 1910 Goundry School was constructed in 1866 and was the first major school building in the village of North Tonawanda . The principal and four teachers provided instruction to students. The school was located next to the former Andrew Carnegie Library. Photo: Courtesy of George Trautman Collection |
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Goundry School, Fifth Grade Class, 1919 This photo of the fifth grade class at Goundry School in 1919, which would eventually become the Class of 1928 of North Tonawanda High School, has some identified and some unidentified individuals. First Row: From the left, Anthony Brick (later North Tonawanda City Attorney), 3rd from the left, Henry P. Smith III (later a U.S. Congressman). Second Row: Far right, Coletta Orwig Smith (Plummer). Third Row: 3rd from left, Elizabeth Janke Eaton (daughter of Rudy Janke, who operated the Janke Shoe Store on Webster Street for many years). Elizabeth was also a business (typing) teacher at North Tonawanda High School during World War II. Coletta Orwig Smith was not a relative of Henry P. Smith, III. She was the daughter of Coletta Beard Smith, who was a kindergarten teacher in “old Goundry” in the early 1900's and was on the Board of Education in North Tonawanda for 22 years until she retired in 1943. Coletta Orwig Smith Plummer passed away in 1993. Photo: Courtesy of David Smith Plummer, Sidney, NY, son of Coletta Orwig Smith Plummer, grandson of Coletta Beard Smith. |
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