Hutch Post, in partnership with Steve Harmon and the Conard-Harmon Collection, is proud to present Throwback Thursday. Enjoy a weekly release from Steve Harmon as he presents the "Hutch - Then & Now Collection."
STEVE HARMON
Hutch Post Contributor
Today's "Throwback Thursday Collection" takes us to the southwest corner of 11th and Lincoln.
Off the beaten path on West 11th still stands an early public education building. It was Hutchinson's one-room schoolhouse, Washington School.
In the early 1920s, the concept of kindergarten was just beginning to jell.
In 1939, the building at 1301 W. 11th was moved to this site as a kindergarten cottage for Allen School. The first photo shows the schoolhouse at opening.
The second photo shows the school in 1943, as well as the third photo showing the '43 kindergarten class in all its glory!
Up to 31 students a year attended here until 1968.
In 1969, it became the Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall.
In 1987, it was readdressed as 1049 N. Lincoln when it became the Calvary Baptist Church.
By 1991, the Church of the Living God purchased it.
By 2018, it was labeled as The Christian Church and Academy, as the fourth photo shows.
The fifth photo shows the little building today at 1049 N. Lincoln, now known as the Life In Christ Transformation Church and still owned by the Church of the Living God, Box 1501, Hutchinson.
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Throwback Thursday is brought to you by:
Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce
STRATACA Kansas Underground Salt Museum
Anchor Inn and Anchor Away