KULPMONT - A school that stood in the borough for nearly 90 years has been razed.
Crews from Steinbacher Enterprises Inc., Williamsport, demolished St. Mary's School, along Scott Street across from Holy Angels Church, last week. The property is being cleaned up this week.
Mary Kay Bartol, Holy Angels Church secretary, said the school was built in 1924 and closed in 1993. It was most recently was used for CCD classes, but has been vacant for at least four years.
The building had been deteriorating and bricks were falling off of the facade.
The school was built while the church, which at the time was also St. Mary's, was under the leadership of Monsignor Joseph Petrovits. Enrollment in the first year was 515, and students were taught by the Sisters of St. Joseph.
The church has no immediate plans for the lot, but it will probably eventually be used for parking.
The cleanup should be finished by next week, Bartol said.