Garrison School doubled in size in 1892, and a gymnasium was added in 1920 for physical education, school assemblies, community programs and elections.
A one-story octagonal structure with a library at its center and six classrooms surrounding it, was added onto the north side of the building in 1969. (I am willing to bet it was part of the "open classroom" concept that was pushed so much back then. The classrooms only had walls between them and weren't separate. It was hard to conduct classes with the noise levels. Thus becoming another in a long series of ideas to "better" education.)
Garrison was one of nine buildings abandoned in 1989 when the school district had to close a $9 million budget deficit.
--DaCoot
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