Adena Information
History
In September of 2001 the
Adena School District started
school in its brand new K-12
building that covers 190,210
square feet and cost around $24
million. However, school has not
always been in a flashy, brand
new, air conditioned building in
Frankfort.
When John McNeill plotted the
village of Frankfort, in 1816,
there was a section set aside
for a school building, which was
built around 1820. A log
school-house was built and
Massie Mickey was the first
teacher. Today, this building
would have been close to the
corner of Springfield and Starr
Avenue. The school was large
enough for about 40 pupils. One
end of the building was a
fireplace and at opposite sides
at this end were two doors. On
the west side of Westfall Road,
where the Frankfort Water Plant
stand today was an early school
for the black children. When the
railroad was built through
frankfort, the frame school was
moved to the foot of Sanford
Hill. School was discontinued
and the building was moved to
its present location, two houses
south of the Presbyterian
Church. It is used today as a
private residence. In 1850, the
Frankfort Union Seminary was
organized to promote higher
education. It was built where
the J.B. Mallow home now stands.
The lower floor had a large
single room and the upper floor
had two rooms. Students came
from all around to pay the
$3-$11 tuition (depending on
your course of study) to take
one of the following courses;
Arithmetic, algebra, geometry,
trigonometry, surveying,
grammar, Latin, Greek,
geography, philosophy,
chemistry, botany, uranography,
astronomy, Watts on the mind,
rhetoric, and music.
Other schools during the 1900s
include Young School (located at
State Rt. 138 and Greenlee
Road), Bray's Hill School
(County Road 550 today) and
Fisher School.
Facts of the School
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Notes About Our
School |
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2504 outlets 350
computers 160
printers 75
classrooms 55
miles of
computer cable
10 restrooms
Internet access
to every PC
Phone in every
room Auditeria:
7238 sq feet;
seats 700 Gym:
12000 sq feet;
seats 1600
Project cost:
$24.2 million
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State Share:
$21.3 million
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Materials Used in
the Construction Process |
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93 tons of rebar
5000 cubic yards
of concrete 5500
tons of stone
226000 concrete
masonry units
46200 brick
units 21550
split face
blocks 7597 bags
of mortar 650
tons of steel
3000 lineal feet
of trim 335 wood
doors 331
markerboards,
tackboards 38000
lineal feet of
wood blocking
6000 bales of
straw 270 shrubs
190 trees 15
tons of
fertilizer
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7 tons of grass
seed
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An article taken from the
Frankfort Sun reported that
"...all of the schools in the
area were crowded and it was
almost impossible to accommodate
the students." So a new
two-story building was built in
Austin. School started on
September 10, 1923 but due to
some finishing work and the
installing of the heating system
school was discontinued until
September, 24 1943. In 1924 the
high school, made of pressed
brick and stone, was built on
West High Street at a cost of
$100,000 by contractor A.L.
Rhodes. An additional building
was added in 1937 at a cost of
$35,000. The
vocational-industrial building
was added in 1952. It was first
known as Concord/Frankfort High
School then changed to Frankfort
High School in 1929. In 1965,
after consolidation with
Clarksburg, the school became
Adena High School.
