Mr. Francis Bangs Knowles was perhaps one of the most important benefactors our city has ever had. In 1889, when he saw the need for a true schoolhouse in Winter Park, he stepped into action. The school was located on the southwest corner of Park and Canton Avenues and it opened in 1890. Go to http://www.wppl.org/wphistory/KnowlesPublicSchool.html to see photographs of the first schoolhouse. Of course, it was named after the man who made it all possible.
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