Color postcard (14 x 9 cm.) entitled "High School, David City, Neb." in the lower left corner in the white border at the bottom of the card. The number 7328 is before the title. The building is made of a light colored stone and was located at 750 D Street. It has two full stories with basement windows visible and windows in a dormer windows on a large slanted roof. There is a large bell tower on the left end of the building. There are covered porch arched entry ways on two corners of the building. There is a person standing near the entryway on the left. Trees are visible in the background.
This two-story school was built in 1880 at a cost of $13,000. There were three departments in the school -- primary with 90 pupils, intermediate with 89, and grammar with 82. Professor R. V. Beach, former county superintendent of schools, was in charge of the school with W. I. Austin, assistant. Two or three years later, a high school department was added with Miss Libbie Westover being the first graduate in 1886. The next class was in 1890 with five graduates. The building was destroyed by fire in the late summer of 1917. Source: David City Centennial Committee. David City Centennial History Book: 1873-1973. David City, Nebraska: Banner-Press Publishing Company, 1973.
