Schools
In the early years, most residents sent their children to parochial schools in the neighborhood, including St. Patrick's Catholic School on Lowell Avenue and St. John the Baptist (now known as All Saints Elementary School) on South Wilbur Avenue. The first public school constructed in the neighborhood was Tompkins Primary School, now defunct, located at 305 Tompkins Street. Public school students on the Northside of Tipperary Hill attended Porter School, located at 512 Emerson Avenue to the north of West Genesee Street, just outside the border of the Irish neighborhood. George W. Fowler High School was built in 1973 at 227 Magnolia Street was built on the southern border of the Tipp Hill neighborhood next to Burnet Park.
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