====== Florence Public School (BE 968) ====== The Florence Public High School, around 1903 The Center Street lot on which the building stands has been used for [[schools|school]] purposes since [[1890]], when a two-room schoolhouse was built there. The present school was erected in 1931 at a cost of $265,000. As built, it housed grades one to twelve; it became an elementary school in 1954 when [[Boone County High School]] was constructed. A substantial brick building of restrained Art Moderne style, the [[Florence]] school is horizontal in form, rising two stories above a raised basement (a popular form for school buildings of the mid-20th century). Focal point of the facade is a shallow projecting entry pavillion; the main doorway is enhanced by molded concrete surround and low-relief frontispiece. Additions at the west side and rear date from 1954. ===== Related Topics ===== * [[Schools]] * [[Historic buildings]]