My earliest interest in history in Lawrence was the loss to fire of the Alexander B. Bruce school in 1951.
This Ames Street School with a dominant location and attractive architectural style was located quite near Engine 8 firehouse on Ames Street. The school's bell tower was another landmark on Tower Hill.
My brother attended the last class at the old school which was replaced by the current AB Bruce School on Butler Street that I attended .
I do not have a photo, but just wanted to mention a loss of a historic building in my own neighborhood.
Linda Siegenthaler
Postcard of Bruce School mailed in 1910