Hallowell opens its doors August 1881

Published in the Columbus Daily Advocate, January 31, 1967

Hallowell

by Helen Niggemann

Two acres of land were purchased for the Hallowell School on August 10, 1881. As there are no records of those first few years, we do not know what month school started.

The first records started in 1895-1896. That year the teachers were Edward Munday and Maggie Welch. There was a census taken that year with the ap…