Union School

Land was donated for the Union School (East School) in 1868 to replace all of the one room schools in the city. The school was located at the corner of Germaine Street and School Street. The school opened in 1870. 

In 1872 the Union School became a high school and an elementary school. A third floor was added in 1882. In 1909 it was renamed East High School and was used just for the higher grades until the present high school was built in 1922. An auditorium and gymnasium were opened in 1919.The building remained in use as a high school until 1922, when the first unit of the present high school was completed and placed in operation. Union School then became an elementary school and was known as East School. It remained in use until it was condemned in 1938. It later was used as a warehouse until it was closed in 1966 and subsequently razed. It is now the site of a high rise apartment.

East High School located  where the Portage Towers are now.