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By 1908 the old schoolhouse had been moved to a portion of the present school grounds. The dogleg in Chickasaw Avenue is directly in front of the building (ERVHS)

in 1902, a new school building was built at the corner of what is today Brand Boulevard and Broadway. The first principal was Mr. Llewellyn Evans and the school had of two teachers and 29 students.(Glendale Public Library)

The Eagle Rock School in its first location circa 1900. Before the Trolley arrived in 1906 the valley was farmland. The only other public building was the Union Church across Eagle Rock Road (later Colorado Boulevard) to the North. Central Avenue (later Eagle Rock Boulevard ) runs to the South. (ERVHS)

Eagle Rock’s Students in 1895. The teacher shown in the center of the back row was Miss Myra King, who taught through most of the 1890’s. Elena Frackelton is at her right. The trustees had added an open sided lunch area to the building. The first flag to fly over Eagle Rock flew here, it was hand sewn by Mrs. William Frackelton, Elena’s mother. (Courtesy the Elena Frackelton Murdock family, Photograph by C.C. Pierce)

The sheltered lunch area was added early for the comfort of the students (Courtesy the Elena Frackelton Murdock family)

The earliest secondary school in the area was St. Hilda’s, an Episcopalian school for girls located in the Glendale Hotel. The first classes of Glendale Union High School were also held there in 1901. The first principal was Mr. Llewellyn Evans and the school had two teachers and 29 students. (Church of the Angels Collection)

Eagle Rock residents enjoy a barbeque at Saint Hilda’s. (Courtesy the Elena Frackelton Murdock family)