11. Annie Lytle Elementary School, Jacksonville, Florida
Place: Florida’s Jacksonville
1915 is the year.
Build cost: $250,000*
Annie Lytle Elementary School was renamed Public School Number 4 in 1957 after it was first constructed in 1915. The school was renamed in honor of a popular former principal, but it was only in use for a short while before closing down for good.
Florida’s Annie Lytle Elementary School in Jacksonville © Erin Murphy/Fickr
The highway networks in Jacksonville, Florida, are the cause of the closure. I-95 and I-10 intersected Annie Lytle only a hundred feet apart—not exactly the best location for a school, having been built in the 1950s. The sound of traffic on the highway drowned out the classes on the second level, making the elementary school remote and difficult to get to. Annie Lytle eventually had to close its doors.
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