The former Eagle Lake Elementary School was built 99 years ago, but the historic building might not reach its 100th birthday.
The Eagle Lake City Commission is scheduled to select a demolition contractor at its June 1 meeting. If a contract is awarded, the 1926 red brick schoolhouse designed by architect Edward Columbus Hosford, who also designed the Bartow Courthouse, will be razed.
But there is an organized campaign in opposition to the city’s plans, from a generation of locals who grew up within earshot of its school bell…