This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gZ.2ADI/267.2 Message Board Post: I attended Gwynne Institute 1961-1962. It was located very near the "downtown" section during this time period. The very large rooms were heated with radiators. The building was painted a off white as were the classrooms. During 1961-1962 the school was used for elementary grades. Quite a lot of the students during this time period had attended Edgewood Elementary the previous year. Edgewood was becomming over crowded so we were sent to Gwynne Institute. The following year I attended Orangewood so I can't say for a fact if Gwynne remained opened as a school or not. I do remember that as a school event we had a turtle race and the local TV station did coverage on it. So, there may have been something in the local paper also. I have know idea if a photo of the school was printed in the paper but if you want a copy of a photo the paper may be a good place to search.

Gwynne Institute was on the corner across from the First Baptist Church. There were deed restrictions on the land donated to build Gwynne Institute that would cause it to revert to the donor's heirs if it was ever used for anything but educational purposes. In the mid to late 1960s I believe that it was used for storage by the School Board. After that I left town and don't know... Richard White Tallahassee, Florida gracie222@hotmail.com wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gZ.2ADI/267.2 > >Message Board Post: > >I attended Gwynne Institute 1961-1962. It was located very near the "downtown" section during this time period. The very large rooms were heated with radiators. The building was painted a off white as were the classrooms. During 1961-1962 >the school was used for elementary grades. Quite a lot of the >students during this time period had attended Edgewood Elementary the previous year. Edgewood was becomming over crowded so we were sent to Gwynne Institute. The following year I attended Orangewood so I can't say for a fact if Gwynne remained opened as a school or not. I do remember >that as a school event we had a turtle race and the local TV >station did coverage on it. So, there may have been something >in the local paper also. I have know idea if a photo of the school was printed in the paper but if you want a copy of a photo the paper may be a good place to search. >