Historic Place

Shamokin High School in 1908

Pictured in 1908

The high school pictured in 1908 belonged to a sequence of school buildings and must be placed as its own era-specific occurrence rather than merged with earlier addresses.

Some details remain uncertain
Historic postcard showing the Shamokin High School building
Shamokin High School postcardHistoric postcard view of Shamokin High School.Image date unknownCredit: Tichnor Brothers Collection, Boston Public Library / Wikimedia Commons

The Album's High School

A dedicated 1908 photograph is captioned simply High School. It documents the institution and building appearance without supplying an address in the caption.

More Than One Building

Period records show earlier high-school locations at Eighth and Arch and later near Grant and Arch before a different building appears on the 1907 map.

The 1908 Occurrence Stands Alone

This history concerns the building pictured around 1908. The accompanying postcard is a separate image, not the album photograph.

Location

Market Street between Chestnut and Spruce Streets, Shamokin, Pennsylvania