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In 1925, the House
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Two large fires, occurring simultaneously, severely damaged the school building 1912. The fires were discovered at 8 p.m., and it took several hours to extinguish them. Students were temporarily reassigned to nearby West School and
Brightwood Park School while Brightwood School was repaired.
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suspected arson immediately. One of the fires started under the teacher's desk in Miss H. K. Berne's classroom, and the fire marshal and police detectives interviewed each of the thirty students in Berne's class, but they could not determine who set the fire.
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Takei, Barbara (May 19, 1977). "Brightwood School
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495:"Two School Contracts Awarded".
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