Euclid St. Paul's - Local Institutions

Local Institutions

In 1925, Euclid School was opened in the neighborhood. The grammar school taught several generations of neighborhood children and today serves as administrative offices for Pinellas County Schools. Euclid Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1936 adjacent to Euclid School on 10th Avenue.

In 1929, St. Paul's Catholic School opened its doors to students, and a Roman Catholic Mass was held regularly in the school gymnasium until the church was built in 1939. The school was originally co-educational, but the last class with boys graduated in 1956. In the 1950s, sometimes 3,000 fans showed up for Friday night Blue Eagles football games in the neighborhood. Bill Freehan, who was a freshman on the football team the final year that boys were at the high school, went on to become an all-star catcher for Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers. After the 1955-56 school year, the school became a girls-only high school as boys went to the new Bishop Barry Catholic school on Ninth Avenue North. In 1969, St. Paul's closed as a high school when the girls departed for Notre Dame Academy. The school continues to teach children from Kindergarten through eighth grade. St. Paul's Catholic Church celebrated its 75th Jubilee in 2004.

The Euclid St. Paul's Neighborhood Association hosts several social functions throughout the year. Association meetings are held monthly at St. Paul's Catholic School on the first Thursday of the month. The association is also active in fundraising, crime watch and the City Team. In 2005, the city Neighborhood Partnership program awarded the association $3,375 to plant 29 trees (crape myrtle, magnolia, oak, maple) along rights of way.

Starting in 2005, neighborhood volunteers have organized a "ghost tour" of Euclid St. Paul in which guides lead people to various homes where fictional spooky stories are told by costumed hosts. The tour is meant to be low-tech, old-fashioned, family-friendly event.