A multi-story brick school building stands surrounded by snow in this 8-1/4" x 6-1/4" black and white photograph. The building has a flat roof with two peaked gables, two chimneys, and a fire escape running down its side. Bare trees stand in the yard around the school.
Everett was originally called "C Street School" which was built in 1887 at 11th & C Streets on one of the six blocks designated as sites for public schools in the Original Plat of Lincoln of 1867. But in 1890, the Lincoln Board of Education decided to name the school in honor of Edward Everett (1794-1865), an American statesman. Everett at various times was a congressman, senator, governor of Massachusetts, envoy to England, president of Harvard, and an unsuccessful candidate for president of the United States. Everett school was an elementary school until the new building was opened in 1928 as Lincoln's third junior high. In the 1991-92 school year, Everett was extensively remodeled and converted to elementary use. During this year, Everett's students were housed at nearby Park School. This was the second time Everett students were moved to Park. In 1928, during the construction of the new building, Everett classes also were held at Park.