Jefferson School
Jefferson School, Hamilton
(Fourth Ward School)
Eighth Street at Chestnut Street
This building was built as the Fourth Ward School in 1873 for $38,800.  In 1881, the first high school class graduated from the school.  In 1892, high school classes were transfered to the new high school building at Second and Ludlow.  In 1908, the name of the school was changed to Jefferson-Tyler. In 1930, the third floor of the school was closed and in 1952 a new Jefferson Elementary was constructed.

Fourth Ward School
1915 Jefferson School Championship Baseball Team
Jim Rosson, William Shelhand, Gus Pietsch, Mr. Harris,
Ira Mello, Marion Ross, Clarence Beiser, Carl Hoel, 
Enyeard, Tully, Pugh
"The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe"
1903 Fourth Ward School Prize Winning Float
Entered in the 1903 Ohio Centennial Parade

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