1929 news article provides a chronologial history of schools that stood in Darrtown
The first Darrtown school was founded eight years before Conrad Darr platted "Darr's Town." We have no record of the school's name.
FIRST SCHOOL (1806 - 1830)
George Howard and other teachers of this first school are named in an 1806 entry on the Darrtown Chronology page.
SECOND SCHOOL (1830 - 1838)
The location of Darr's distillery is unknown.
THIRD SCHOOL (1838 - 1859)
Learn more about Peter Winson at Families/Vinson
FOURTH SCHOOL (1859 - )
FIFTH SCHOOL (1882 - 1907 )
SIXTH SCHOOL (1908 - )
SEVENTH SCHOOL (1926 - )
In the absence of a permanent school, temporary arrangments were made - by holding school in the lower level of the I.O.O.F. Lodge building.
After the storm and the condemnation of the school, temporary arrangments were made - by returning to the I.O.O.F. Lodge building.
The phrase "present time" refers to August 5, 1929, when this article appeared in the Journal News of Hamilton, Ohio.
See more about the Darrtown I. O. O. F.
The former I.O.O.F. lodge building stands in the NW corner of West Street and Schollenbarger Road.
The phrase "our present building," means the 1882 structure was built on the same site as the school now known as the Darrtown High School - which was built in 1926 on the south side of West Oxford Street in Darrtown.
The phrases "second grade one" and "first grade high school" refer to ratings assigned to individual schools by the Ohio State Board of Education.