Soon after its founding in 1883, the Medford community needed a school for its children. The first school was a one-room building on South Central in Medford, a subscription school that cost $5 to attend. William A. Williamson was the first teacher.During the summer of 1884, the city bought land from C.C. Beekman and built a second public school, a wood-frame, two-story building at Eighth and Oakdale streets, the site of today’s courthouse. Walter Gore served as the first [...]
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