Village History
School
Early Middleport was often the scene of devastating fires but none as sad as the early morning fire of February 23, 1910. Firemen were called to the south side of Park.
Union Free School Fire of 1910
Early Middleport was often the scene of devastating fires but none as sad as the early morning fire of February 23, 1910. Firemen were called to the south side of Park Avenue near Vernon Street to the building that housed the Union Free School, which had been established in 1891 to ensure “educating our children
Commencement at Union School
A 1901 clipping from the local Middleport paper: The annual commencement exercises of the Mdpt. Union High School will be held at the opera house this eve. at 8:15, June 26, 1901. The class motto is “Climb though the rocks be rugged”. Grads. in the academic course are: Misses Clara Louise Bates, Gertrude Louise Benson,