Memorial school in Toronto, Canada suffers serious damage due to fire

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As firefighters continue to battle a six-alarm blaze at York Memorial Collegiate Institute, several former students and principals are remembering the storied history of the 90-year old school.

 

It was first built in 1929 as a memorial to the youth killed in World War I and it officially opened on Jan. 30, 1930

 

There are 11 terraced steps at the entrance to represent armistice on Nov. 11, 1918 at 11 a.m.

 

In 1949, a mural was painted outside the auditorium by John Hall and dedicated as a World War II memorial. There are also six stained glass windows created by Will Meike and installed by Robert McCausland Glassworks on both sides of the auditorium.

 

Four of the windows were created to represent the industrial heritage of York, while the other two depict two famous battles, the Battle of Ypres in 1915 during World War I and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec in 1759.

 

 

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/05/07/principal-former-students-remember-storied-history-of-york-memorial-collegiate-institute/