The Tremont School Challenge

There is a $10,000 Challenge going on to help preserve the old TREMONT School.

Built in 1913 as Selma's first high school, the structure has been used

 as storage for the past few decades, and since its acquisition

 by the Selma-Dallas County Historic Preservation Society,

 windows have been replaced along with other repairs. But before

 it can be used again, this historic gem needs a lot more help.

 Over $80,000 has already been invested, but a matching $10,000 grant

 will mean at least an additional $20,000 toward restoration. 

Plans for the former school will be discussed by architect Dick Hudgens

 at tonight's annual meeting of the SDCHPS. The 6 p.m. meeting

 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church is open to all who are interested.   

Linking to ABC Wednesday

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Peppers 'n Gourds

The fire escape at the old Tremont School is going green with peppers 'n gourds.

I don't know who planted the vines, but the building, which once housed the high school, is a property of the Selma-Dallas County Historic Preservation Society.

Photograph by Jacque Johnson

Shadows (May Theme Day)

It's May Theme Day for the City Daily Photo Blogs, and SHADOWS is the subject.

These shadows are found at the entrance of the former Tremont School, Selma's first high school on Tremont Street. The early 20th Century building was designed during the Progressive Era of American education and featured big windows to allow sunlight, "nature's great disinfectant," inside. It also had a gymnasium and rooms for domestic arts and manual training. The school board acted upon a recommendation to install a work of art such as "Boys Playing on Trumpets." Sure enough, that's the plaster replica that was found near its entrance.

The school has been owned by the City of Selma since 1957 and used for storage. Today, it's a proposed restoration project of the Selma-Dallas County Historic Preservation Society.

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