Archives Closed Schools Q-S: Strother School

Other Name: John C. Strother School; Columbian School; Eighteenth Street School

Last Address: 1337 Dixie Highway

Year Opened: 1923

Year Closed: 1978

The school was originally named the Eighteenth Street School, then was renamed for the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893.  The school was renamed the John C. Strother School for a local attorney and school board member in 1923.  The school was renovated and expanded in 1968 and dedicated in 1969.