Archives Closed Schools Q-S: Sylvia Street School

Other Name: Emerson Elementary; John Hoertz School; Sylvia Avenue School

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

Year Opened: 1904

Year Closed: 1908

Sylvia Street School was renamed for John Hoertz, a member of the school board, in 1908.  The school was renamed again in 1910 for author Ralph Waldo Emerson. The building was demolished in 1998.