Baum School of Art
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The Baum School of Art is a non-profit community art school located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
The school was established in the summer of 1926, when artist Walter Emerson Baum was recruited by Blanche Lucas to provided art instruction to art teachers of the Allentown School District. Feedback was so positive that Baum was asked to return again and again. The classes became known as "The Baum School."
[edit] Locations of the Kline-Baum Art School and the Baum School of Art
| Dates | Location |
|---|---|
| 1926 to December, 1928 | Franklin Fire Hall, 14th and Turner Streets [1] |
| January 1929 to August 1935 | Hunsicker School, North 6th Street (above Chew Street) [1] |
| August 1935 to August 1939 | Sheridan School, 2nd and Libery Streets [1] |
| August 1939 to August 1946 | Lincoln School, 14th and Walnut Streets [1] |
| August 1946 to 1952 | Jackson School, 517 N. 15th Street [1] |
| 1952-1976 | Moved to own building at 12th and Walnut Streets Name changed to Baum School of Art [2] |
| 1976 | Moved to annex of Allentown Art Museum [2] |
| 1987 | Moved to own building on Linden Street (present location) [2] |
