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It’s the story of how two retired schoolteachers became friends, the one whose great-grandfather built the house a century ago and the one who lives there now. There’s the story of two great-uncles, stepbrothers who disliked each other and fought over the house. And there’s the story of the ghost who came down the stairs at night.

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Revisiting this story, written nine years ago. School No. 1, Duval High School, stands because architect Ted Pappas saved it. Last graduating class was 1927. Last surviving student, Martha Wells, died at 102 in 2011. In 1980, some former graduates became residents. Stories of blackface, of long careers, years when students were artists yet to be “important,” all of life and the world ahead of them.