The Bay Haven School is a historic

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. It is located at 2901 West Tamiami Circle.

History

The Bay Haven School would open in 1926 with

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being the architect and was built for $77,000 being designed in a

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. The school was built at the advice of city planner

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who recommended that two schools be built in the outlying residential areas of the city located in the north and south. It would be racially integrated in 1962 being the first elementary school in the county to do so along with the first to have a Kindergarten in it starting in 1964. On April 23, 1984, it was added to the

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References

External links

Sarasota County listings
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National Register of Historic Places

Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
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Sarasota County listings
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