29 E. First Avenue. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on November 11, 1938, for a new Collegeville-Trappe High School to be built under the auspices of the federal government’s Public Works Administration. The above postcard depicts the school as built; in 1953 an addition was built on the right side to match the colonial revival style of the original building, as seen in the postcard below. Howard B. Keyser, a 1905 graduate of the Collegeville High School and 1910 Ursinus graduate, was the supervising principal of the newly consolidated school district. The project architect was W. Marshall Hughes of Reading, Pennsylvania, and the general contractor was Warren B. Zern of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Most of the land for the new school was provided by Ursinus College in a bargain sale in which the former Frederick Muhlenberg property, at 151 W. Main Street, was subdivided. The former school is currently being converted into condominiums. (Courtesy of Jerry A. Chiccarine.)