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|owner=[[Blount Redevelopment, LLC]]
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Formerly the [[J. B. Lockey School]], the school was converted to a junior high school in [[1941]] and renamed for [[William Alexander Blount]], Sr.<ref>"William Alexander Blount 1851-1921". St. Michael's Cemetery Foundation. Retrieved on 2009-01-11.</ref>
The [[Escambia County School District]] vacated the building in [[1982]]. [[Frank McGinley]] purchased the building "as-is" for $5,000 in the mid-1990s[[1996]]. McGinley intended to turn one of the campus' smaller buildings into a private residence for himself, while converting the larger 39,000 square foot building into low-cost apartments for the elderly.<ref>"New life sought for old schools", ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 10, 2000.</ref>However, McGinley was not able to finance his plans, and resold the property for $400,000 to [[Blount Redevelopment, LLC]] in [[2004]].
Blount Junior High's school newspaper was called ''Put It Blountly''.<ref>[http://web.fccj.edu/~hdenson/Journalist.html http://web.fccj.edu/~hdenson/Journalist.html]</ref>
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