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This photo from 1915 shows another brick <br />building, Redmen Hall, to the north of the school <br />building. Teeter totters are also visible. <br />1918: The Red Cross cares for victims of the flu <br />epidemic in the brick school, according to research by <br />local author Carolyn Conarroe. <br />1920: A building for the new Louisville High School is <br />constructed at Garfield and Walnut, and there is once <br />again room in the frame school for first and second <br />graders. At this time, the brick school house is no longer <br />being used for regular classes, but manual training for <br />older students is held here beginning in about 1922. <br />Louisville High School manual training classes <br />were held in the school. The photo from the early <br />1920s is the only known historical photo of the <br />interior of the building. <br />1940s: The Chinook Public Library, operated by <br />Louisville's Saturday Study Club, is located in the brick <br />school house. In 1949, Lenore Riddock writes to the <br />school board to announce the Club's decision to move <br />the Library downtown: "Our reason for moving is that <br />we hope to serve more patrons by being on Main Street." <br />(The Chinook Public Library evolved into today's <br />Louisville Public Library.) <br />The building is painted white at some point. Nelle <br />Wolfer Willis would later write that this was done "to <br />the regret of many who went thro it." <br />Photo of 801 Grant, circa 1940s. <br />1952: The brick school house is called "Recreational <br />Hall" and the School Board approves the Lions Club to <br />supervise recreational activities there. <br />1955: The School Board approves the removal of the <br />"steeple" from Recreational Hall (the likely reason being <br />that it was in disrepair). Also, Superintendent Samuel <br />Barbiero asks the town to close Grant Avenue between <br />Spruce and Walnut for safety reasons, because school <br />play areas for children are on both sides of Grant. <br />Despite the closure of Grant Avenue in front of the <br />building, to this day it has the address of 801 Grant <br />Avenue. <br />801 Grant Avenue when Grant was still a street in <br />front of it. (2008.008.025) <br />1950s and 1960s: Recreational Hall hosts jacks <br />tournaments and has ping pong and craft activities, and <br />tennis courts are located to the north of the building. The <br />3 <br />