Kristen Holmes, a University of Central Florida graduate student, portrays a schoolmarm during Saturday\u2019s neighborhood block party at the university\u2019s new Public History Center in Sanford. Holmes, who is pursuing a master\u2019s in history, explains life in the classroom as it was in 1902, when the school was built.<\/p>\n
The center opened for its first evening event to welcome about 75 people from the neighborhood for demonstrations and displays.<\/p>\n
UCF recently signed a two-year lease on the building to hold classes, workshops and other projects to promote research and preservation. Previously, the building served as Seminole County Public Schools\u2019 Student Museum for about three decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kristen Holmes, a University of Central Florida graduate student, portrays a schoolmarm during Saturday\u2019s neighborhood block party at the university\u2019s new Public History Center in Sanford. Holmes, who is pursuing a master\u2019s in history, explains life in the classroom as it was in 1902, when the school was built. The center opened for its first evening event to welcome about…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":41469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-41468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community"],"yoast_head":"\n