Old Clayton Elementary remembered fondly as portion falls to demolition

  • Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Memories came pouring in as a portion of the old Clayton Elementary School was demolished over the past week. In May 1976, the entire Clayton Elementary School building flooded up to the waist of an adult. In the Spring of 1982, a tornado took the roof off of the library (where the Clayton court room is currently located).
    Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Memories came pouring in as a portion of the old Clayton Elementary School was demolished over the past week. In May 1976, the entire Clayton Elementary School building flooded up to the waist of an adult. In the Spring of 1982, a tornado took the roof off of the library (where the Clayton court room is currently located).
  • Photo courtesy of Rabun County Historical Society. Clayton Elementary School with buses in the front circa 1980.
    Photo courtesy of Rabun County Historical Society. Clayton Elementary School with buses in the front circa 1980.
  • Photo courtesy of Rabun County Historical Society. Rabun County Elementary School circa 1962.
    Photo courtesy of Rabun County Historical Society. Rabun County Elementary School circa 1962.
  • Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Demolition of part of the old Clayton Elementary School is underway. The school opened in 1955 and closed around 2003. What used to be the “cafetorium” is being demolished due to safety hazards like mold and asbestos. The building currently houses the Clayton Police Department.
    Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Demolition of part of the old Clayton Elementary School is underway. The school opened in 1955 and closed around 2003. What used to be the “cafetorium” is being demolished due to safety hazards like mold and asbestos. The building currently houses the Clayton Police Department.
  • Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune.
    Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune.
  • Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune.
    Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune.
  • Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune.
    Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune.

    CLAYTON--  Demolition of part of the old Clayton Elementary School on Highway 441 is underway. Clayton City Hall and the police department are currently located there. 

    Michael Esposito, city…