ASHBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was known as the Eberhart Branch.

EBERHART BRANCH, GRADES 1-8, 3800 W 83RD STREET, CHICAGO, IL WAS A 2 ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE WITH A HUGE COAL BURNING POT BELLY STOVE IN EACH ROOM. THE OUT BUILDING CONTAINED WASHROOMS AND THE JANITRESS'S ROOM FOR MRS SMITH, A VERY JOLLY AND WARM LADY. MRS SMITH HAD TO GET TO THE SCHOOL VERY EARLY TO GET THE STOVES BURNING AND THE ROOMS WARM FOR US.   (1945-1949)

MOST OF US WALKED ACROSS TWO RAILROAD TRACKS AND SOUTHWEST HIGHWAY TO GET TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.  THE SNOWY WINTER DAYS WERE A LOT OF FUN GETTING TO SCHOOL.  THE TRAIN TRACKS WERE RAISED UP AND YOU COULD SLIDE DOWN THE OTHER SIDE.  WHEN WE ARRIVED AT SCHOOL WE WOULD TAKE OFF OUR VERY WET AND SNOW COVERED COATS AND LEGGING AND ARRANGE THEM ON CHAIRS AROUND THE VERY WARM POT BELLY STOVES.

OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS THEY ADDED FOUR PORTABLES FOR CLASS ROOMS.  THE AREA WAS A NEW HOME BUILDING BOOM AFTER WWII.  WE ALL WENT TO SCHOOL HALF DAYS BECAUSE OF THE OVER CROWDING.  THEY BUILT THE NEW WILLIAM BISHOP SCHOOL THAT WAS FINISHED IN 1949, BUT BY THE TIME IT WAS FINISHED IT WAS ALSO TOO SMALL AND WE CONTINUED TO GO HALF DAYS.

PRINCIPAL-MISS SMITH, JANITRESS-MRS SMITH.

THE BUILDING WAS LATER USED AS A PARK AND THEN TORN DOWN AND REPLACED BY HOMES.