Old Moravia Union School on Church Street.   The three story section was opened in 1870. 

The inset photo is Principal John D. Bigelow, who served in that position from 1889-1910.

See Moravia Union Graded School and Academy catalog for 1894-1895 for a complete list of Officers, Teachers, Graduates & Students together with the Rules and Regulations.

The rear brick section was built in 1897, replacing a wooden structure which was originally the Moravia Institute, opened in 1838.

Another view from around 1920 (see back).

1911-12 Basketball team from a Spalding sports guide.  Players listed are [Wesley?] Edsall, [?] Joiner, [Earl?] Steele, [Ray?] Hancock (Capt), [Leon?] Close (Mgr). Please send an email to the address below if you have any more information.

Moravia High School from the 1947 "Hillside Echoes" yearbook.

Construction of the front section began in 1924,  replacing the 1870 Union School.  The 1897 rear addition was retained. 

The site continued to be used as an Elementary School after a new High School was opened on South Main Street in 1951.  Although it ceased operation as a school in 1964, the building is still standing.

Moravia High School 1975. The cornerstone was laid on February 24, 1950 on what had been for many years the site of the Moravia Fair Grounds.  The building opened for classes in the fall of 1951. Through several major expansions and improvements, the building is still in use today.

The property originally belonged to Judge Gershom Morse, who began clearing the land when he came to "The Flats" in 1794. His original law office is part of the house shown in the background.