On November 16, 2014 Greece Town Supervisor Bill Reilich was on hand to help present the cornerstone of the St. Johns School back to St. John the Evangelist Church, 2400 West Ridge Road, Greece.
This cornerstone was recovered from the site of the St. Johns School on West Ridge Road. Also in attendance for the presentation were Anthony and Mario Daniele who are the owners of the property, and Father Peter Enyan-Boadu, Pastor of St. Johns Church.
Along with the cornerstone, another exciting historical artifact was recovered… a time capsule. This time capsule will be opened at the 150th anniversary celebration to be held in May of 2015.
The first formal school was opened at St John’s in 1881 in the basement of the church with thirty-four students. The first building was finished in 1890. In 1909, a small addition was added and it remained for another forty years. In 1949, an eight classroom addition replaced the oldest wooden frame building and in 1953, the remaining wooden school was removed and another eight classroom addition was completed.
The school officially closed in June 2005 after 124 years of Catholic education.
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