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|name=A. C. Blount Junior High School
|location=113 North [[C Street]]
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|client=[[Escambia County]]
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'''W. A. Blount Junior High School''' was a [[Wikipedia:Middle school|junior high]] (or ''middle'') school located at 113 North [[C Street]].
Formerly the [[J. B. Lockey School]], the school was converted to a junior high school in [[1941]] and renamed for [[William Alexander Blount]], Sr.<ref>"William Alexander Blount 1851-1921". St. Michael's Cemetery Foundation. Retrieved on 2009-01-11.</ref>
The [[Escambia County School District]] vacated the building in [[1982]]. [[Frank McGinley]] purchased the building "as-is" for $5,000 in the mid-1990s. McGinley intended to turn one of the campus' smaller buildings into a private residence for himself, while converting the larger 39,000 square foot building into low-cost apartments for the elderly.<ref>"New life sought for old schools", ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 10, 2000.</ref>
Blount Junior High's school newspaper was called ''Put It Blountly''.
==References==
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|caption=
|name=A. C. Blount Junior High School
|location=113 North [[C Street]]
|architect=
|client=[[Escambia County]]
|engineer=
|owner=
|construction_start_date=
|completion_date=
|renovations=
|date_demolished=
|cost=
|structural_system=
|style=
|size=Two stories
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'''W. A. Blount Junior High School''' was a [[Wikipedia:Middle school|junior high]] (or ''middle'') school located at 113 North [[C Street]].
Formerly the [[J. B. Lockey School]], the school was converted to a junior high school in [[1941]] and renamed for [[William Alexander Blount]], Sr.<ref>"William Alexander Blount 1851-1921". St. Michael's Cemetery Foundation. Retrieved on 2009-01-11.</ref>
The [[Escambia County School District]] vacated the building in [[1982]]. [[Frank McGinley]] purchased the building "as-is" for $5,000 in the mid-1990s. McGinley intended to turn one of the campus' smaller buildings into a private residence for himself, while converting the larger 39,000 square foot building into low-cost apartments for the elderly.<ref>"New life sought for old schools", ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 10, 2000.</ref>
Blount Junior High's school newspaper was called ''Put It Blountly''.
==References==
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