| McCormick Middle School | |
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 Old McCormick Middle School - Wellington, Ohio | |
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| Coordinates | 41°9′55″N82°13′3″W / 41.16528°N 82.21750°W |
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| Established | 1867 (1916, 1938, 1953) |
McCormick Middle School is part of the Wellington Exempted Village School District (WEVSD), located in Wellington in Lorain County, Ohio.
The original 13,114 sq ft (1,218.3 m2) school was built in 1867 and was primarily used for educational and cafeteria space. It was hidden from view by the 20,010 sq ft (1,859 m2) addition in 1916. A second 40,023 sq ft (3,718.3 m2) addition was built in 1938 and consisted of an auditorium, a full-size gymnasium, and theater seating. The final 27,568 sq ft (2,561.2 m2) addition was completed in 1953, giving the school a total area of 100,714 sq ft (9,356.6 m2).[ citation needed ]
Myron T. Herrick, 42nd Governor of Ohio (1904-1906) and twice United States Ambassador to France (1912-1914 & 1921-1929), attended high school at the Wellington Union School. [1]
On December 14, 2015, the building was demolished. The original school no longer stands, and a new McCormick Middle School was constructed adjacent to Wellington High School. [2]
1922 saw the addition of an astronomical observatory with a 4-inch Bausch & Lomb refracting telescope. These items were gifts from the Wellington Alumni Association in memory of Prof. R.H. Kinnison, a former Superintendent of Wellington Schools. His hobbies included astronomy and related sciences. The total cost was quoted at $2,250, which included the observatory tower, telescope/mount and various accessories. The agreed location for this memorial was on the roof of the 1916 addition. [3] [ better source needed ]
In 1938, 15 new classrooms and an auditorium/gymnasium were approved by the Board of Education. The proposed total cost was $194,402 with $85,612 (45%) coming from a Federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) grant listed under "P.W.A. - Docket-No. OH-1673 F" and the remaining amount collected from a bond issue, which voters passed during a special election on August 6, 1938. [4] [ better source needed ] The project formally started on July 22, 1938 and was completed September 5, 1939.[ citation needed ]
The additions were designed by Cleveland architect, Harry A. Fulton. [5] During his career, Fulton was known as the "dean of school architects". He designed many school buildings in Cleveland and northeast Ohio. [6] [7] Henrietta, Avon, Brownhelm and Columbia Schools in Lorain County, all built between 1921 - 1922, were designed by the architectural firm of Fulton, Taylor and Cahill. [8]
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