Original Rockville High School (Maryland) Destroyed by fire - 1940

Rare video footage without audio of the original Rockville High School in Rockville, Maryland, and it's destruction in 1940.

Wiki Quote: "Rockville High School was established in 1892, when the state Board of Education first allocated funds to local school to educate high school students. The first class graduated from Rockville High School in 1897.

A new high school was constructed and opened for use in September 1905 on East Montgomery Avenue and Monroe Street. An addition was built in 1917, expanding the school to 19 classrooms. Rockville Colored High School was opened in 1927.[4] The school for white children was renamed Richard Montgomery High School to distinguish between the two in 1935.[5]

The building was completed in 1942 after a fire destroyed the old high school in 1940.

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