San Diego's First Schoolhouse
The Mason Street Schoolhouse, near Old Town San Diego Historic State Park. Photographed 04-15-2018 and just now processed 03-19-20.
From the website: CoolSanDiegoSights:
The Mason Street School was San Diego’s very first schoolhouse. It was built in 1865.
Back in the early years of San Diego, school was held twelve months a year. Hours were 9 to 4, but many students would skip school to watch bull fights, fiestas and other exciting town doings. Many children were held out of school by their parents to help on a ranch or farm, or to work in a family store.
San Diego in 1865 was a small, isolated, somewhat ramshackle town. Mary Chase Walker, Mason Street School’s first teacher, wrote when she arrived in San Diego by steamship: “I arrived in the bay of San Diego on the morning of July 5, 1865. It was a most desolate looking landscape. The hills were brown and barren; not a tree or green thing was to be seen..."
San Diego's First Schoolhouse
The Mason Street Schoolhouse, near Old Town San Diego Historic State Park. Photographed 04-15-2018 and just now processed 03-19-20.
From the website: CoolSanDiegoSights:
The Mason Street School was San Diego’s very first schoolhouse. It was built in 1865.
Back in the early years of San Diego, school was held twelve months a year. Hours were 9 to 4, but many students would skip school to watch bull fights, fiestas and other exciting town doings. Many children were held out of school by their parents to help on a ranch or farm, or to work in a family store.
San Diego in 1865 was a small, isolated, somewhat ramshackle town. Mary Chase Walker, Mason Street School’s first teacher, wrote when she arrived in San Diego by steamship: “I arrived in the bay of San Diego on the morning of July 5, 1865. It was a most desolate looking landscape. The hills were brown and barren; not a tree or green thing was to be seen..."