Mt. Healthy Public School

The Mt. Healthy Public School, now known as the Grace E. Hunt School, is located which flank a longer, recessed section in the center. It has a reinforced concrete foundation with brick wall construction above, sheathed in a golden pressed brick The interior has a central hall plan, perpendicular to the front entrance, with rear are located on both sides of the main corridor. A large auditorium, which fea- the doors and are partially enclosed by small temporary wooden structures.The The three story,flat-roofed Second Renaissance Revival School is basically concrete bands intersecting at right angles to form a rectangle.Several narrow doublehung wood sash windows flank this entrance on the second and third stories.

nice is located above this topmost band, surmounted by a parapet wall which is and white Rookwood tile fountain in the first floor hallway commemorates Grace E. just west of the city's business district in an area that is predominantly residen- tures a stained-glass dome, is located on the first floor.The stairways have iron 7. Description isa round-arched 3-pane fanlight and an enriched archivolt.The Corinthian columns treatment with smooth cement trim.The central recessed section features a slightly levels, separates the school from the low-rise mid-twentieth century one just west. unaltered on both the exterior and interior.

and the Mt.Healthy Public School.An open yard has single 4/4 windows with 3-paned transoms above.Fire escapes are located on the ends of this rear facade. of the building are similar to the front there is no central Two brick school buildings,dating from 1928and 1954 are 1ocated to the north X unaltered & original site X good The plan of the building is basically square, with two large corner pavilions Hunt, a former principal. with large trees, is located just behind the school.

(in one paragraph) The Mt. Healthy Public School, located at the top of a hill in the small commu- the first decade of the twentieth century, the construction of a new school was de- torn down in the 1970's, leaving the Grace E. Hunt School as the earliest representa- native who had worked in the offices of noted architects William LeBaron Jenney and Monastery and Church of the Holy Family in Cincinnati, St. Elizabeth School in Nor- wood and Roger Bacon High School in St. Bernard. 1600-1699 1400-1499 communications 1700-1799 1800-1899 1500-1599 transportation economics commerce offices. The Continued philosophy humanitarian engineering literature exploration/settlement Period prehistoric social/ music sculpture industry Healthy's public education system. law invention agriculture 8.

Significance School District, which included the neighboring communities of New Burlington and .conservation the town's recreational and community activities until a new high school was built Mt.Healthy Public School was certainly one of his earliest commissions as the plans bated and soon thereafter acted upon with the erection of the Mt.Healthy Public The building derives its historical importance as the earliest extant link to Mt.

ago and has since remained vacant.A 1gth century school close to this school was The earliest school in this community dated back to the initial settlement of hilltop area.The large auditorium and gym in the school was the setting for many of preserve the school for possible re-use as a senior citizens' center and school board Catholic Churches and institutional St.Bonaventura's School and Holabird/Root.