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Picture of old Niles High School and Edison School on Church Street. View from west side of school 2003. PO7.49	Edison Junior High School The high school contruction began on Church Street in 1914 and it was dedicated in 1917. In 1920, this building was renamed Niles High School. This school became Edison Junior High School in 1958, when the new high school was opened on Dragon Drive. This building was razed when Niles Middle School on Brown Street opened in 2003. The new high school, on Dragon Drive (previously Trumbull Drive), was named Niles McKinley High School when it opened in the Fall of 1957.

Construction began in 1914 The new Niles High School was built, on Church Street between Arlington and Chestnut Avenues, because the Central School was not large enough to accommodate the growing student population. It was renamed Niles McKinley High School in 1920. PO5.52	Niles High school during constructuion -1914. Wayne Chambers is the bricklayer 6th man from the right with white overhalls on and holding a mason trowel. Note: the wooden scaffolding and wooden frame supporting material hoist. PO5.53	Edison Junior High School,view from the East side of the building. PO7.50

Two different views of the front of Edison Junior High School on Church Street.		Front Entrance of Edison Junior High School. PO3.8

A photo of Edison Jr. High school when it was still the high school, which would make it sometime before 1957. Note the old light fixture on the corner and the Central School bell in the front yard. PO2.480	This school later became Edison Junior High School in 1958, when the new high school was opened on Dragon Drive in the Fall of 1957. The Central School bell was moved in 1959 to the new high school. S11.126	Edison School building being demolished October 3, 2004. PO7.51

Edison Junior High School Classroom	Edison Junior High School Classroom	Edison Junior High School Classroom

Edison Junior High School Auditorium	Edison Junior High School Gymnasium	Edison Junior High First Floor Hallway

One of the indestructable plastic cafeteria trays used at Edison Junior High School.	Edison Place, an elderly housing facility,now occupies the former site of Edison School.	Front view of the new Niles Middle School.