Garfield Grade School

Garfield Grade School- The Shamokin Area School Board awarded a bid to raze the former school at Sunbury and Franklin streets on June 29, 1966. Soon after, the city acquired the plot and also a plot from Reed's Dairy. In 1968, a federal grant in the amount of $7,500 was awarded to the city to renovate the lots into a playground, which will include two basketball courts, tot area and two horse shoe pits. Construction of the Sunbury Recreation Area started on Sept. 21, 1968. A ribbon cutting took place on June 12, 1969. The total project cost $75,000. Of that amount, the city paid $18,000. The remaining balance was paid from additional grant money.