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Greeley School Library and Media Center
Chicago, Illinois
History of Greeley School
Greeley School uses primary sources of information to record and share the history of the old Greeley Elementary School. Primary sources means information from people who were actually there. Click this link to view the interviews. https://www.youtube.com/user/greeleylibrary
A little Greeley School history...
Greeley School was built in 1978. The first day it opened, the students walked over to the new Greeley from the old Greeley School carrying the text books.
Photo: Greeley School photo taken in 2018. Greeley was built on the site of the old A&P Grocery store in 1978.
The original Greeley School, was built in 1893 and was located at the northeast corner of Sheffield and Grace. This photo was taken in 1911 by a photographer for the Chicago Daily News. The photo comes from the Chicago History Museum and can be accessed by following this link.
http://explore.chicagocollections.org/image/chicagohistory/71/ks6jc9j/
Photo: Greeley Elementary School 1911 courtesy of the Chicago History Museum. It was torn down after the new Greeley opened in 1978.