"Canal Street School, as it was originally called, was Evansville's first public school building which housed high and elementary classes. The first building was erected in 1855 at Third and Cherry Streets. The high school met in the 3rd floor of the original building from 1858 until it moved in July 1863 to the old Baptist church at 2nd and Clark.".The schoolhouse soon became too small for the rapidly growing number of pupils and another building was put up by the side of the old school building and then still another until at one time there were five school buildings on the square. This collection of school buildings was at one point the largest in the city, though it hardly resembled the original school. The entrance was now from the rear on Mulberry St." Sometime around 1890 "Canal" was dropped and the name was shortened to Canal School." The school was renamed Wheeler School in 1910/1914 after Horatio Q. Wheeler who spearheaded the movement to set up public school system." This school closed in 1972 and was razed 2 years later. (http://historicevansville.com/site.php?id=wheeler)