Archives Closed Schools G-J: Hoertz School

Other Name: Emerson Elementary, Sylvia Street School

Last Address: 1100 Sylvia Avenue, corner of Sylvia and Hickory streets

Year Opened: 1908

Year Closed: 1910

The school, originally named Sylvia Street School, was renamed for school board member John Hoertz.  In 1910 the school was renamed again, this time for Ralph Waldo Emerson, since schools could not be named for living persons.  The building was demolished in 1998.