On July 29, 1892, fire destroyed the Episcopal Church School for Girls. The photo below, taken on July 30, 1892 (a day after the fire), shows the fire's devastation. The fire consumed the entire school complex except for the Carriage house. The Carriage house, which eventually became Morris Hall, was separated from the main complex and unharmed. The question for this month: What caused the fire which destroyed the Girl's School? Where did the fire originate? Was anyone hurt?
According to Louis Perkins (former EDEO Historiographer), the photo above is one of the most historic images in EDEO's collection. Louis believed that the photo was taken on opening day of the Episcopal Church School for Girls in Cove, Oregon on September 4, 1884. The school buildings were added on to the original Samuel French residence. The school included 40 boarders, 6 teachers, and classrooms for 75 day and boarding pupils. The teachers were primarily recruited from the East. A prospectus of the school from 1877 states "The Samuel G. French foundation is here to give girls a broad education, especially in sacred studies, and adequate preparation for college and university examination".
On July 29, 1892, fire destroyed the Episcopal Church School for Girls. The photo below, taken on July 30, 1892 (a day after the fire), shows the fire's devastation. The fire consumed the entire school complex except for the Carriage house. The Carriage house, which eventually became Morris Hall, was separated from the main complex and unharmed. The question for this month: What caused the fire which destroyed the Girl's School? Where did the fire originate? Was anyone hurt?
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