Hi Tom, St. Francis is actually on both 10th & 11th between Union and Cass. The church, rectory, convent and schools took the property between 10th (north side), 11th (south side), Cass (east side) and the alley (west side). The (old white wooden) church was on the corner of Cass and 10th. The rectory was next to it and the elementary was closest to those. The convent was closer to Union (actually up to the alley which ran parallel to Union and Cass). There was a playground/parking lot on that side of the building which is where the "little kids" went. The High School was parallel to the alley, actually right next to it. High school student parking (very few drove) was across 11th street on a vacant lot next to the alley. Between the high school and the elementary was a shared gym, cafeteria, library and auditorium. This was all one large building when I graduated. Before I was in elementary school my cousins, aunts and uncles went to the high school which was a separate wooden structure on 11th and Cass. That was playground for the "big kids" when I was in elementary school. The (new ) church was built after 1974 (I don't know exactly when) and it is a few blocks south on Union up to the alley. That was a bunch of weedfilled vacant lots when I was in school and we would walk up to there for softball in PE class. I distinctly remember the weeds, I have hayfever, it was not pleasant. When I was in high school I worked at the hardware (corner of Front and Union) after school. I'd just walk there when school was done. Boy I hope I remembered all that correctly. :-) Barb TomandPaula@aol.com wrote: >Hi Barb, > Is that around Union and 10th or Eleventh St.? > > Tom Balentine > > >==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== >The MIGenWeb FGS Project. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/fgs/ >Join in this special project! Add your Family Group Sheets and browse for connections. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >