The Avon School after the addition. The front was extended and the belfry was added. The addition to the back has not yet been done which dates the photo as 1920-21. A group of students is seated at the side of the building. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]

The school building in Eagle, Colorado, 215 Capitol St. Built in 1890, it was used as a school until 1916 when it was sold to the Catholic Church. The school is surrounded by a picket fence and boardwalk. On front: "31, City School, Eagle, Colo., Forsyth-Pho."

"At long last a lot was bought, the gift of a 3-room house was accepted, moved and renovated, and became St. Vincent's Church. It was dedicated by Bishop Tihen of Denver, assisted by the Rev. J. P. Corrigan of Glenwood Springs in June 1924. ... The building was originally a house owned and given by Mrs. Anna Murmann Hyrup, and was moved onto a lot which also belonged to Mrs. Hyrup. Father Corrigan obtained the bell from the Church in Glenwood Springs...