In 1914, the Richfield schools were centralized and all district schools were abandoned. Horse drawn wagons were used to transport the pupils and some of the children had to leave home before daylight on winter mornings and walk, maybe a mile or so, to the corner where the school wagon picked them up. It would take two or more hours for the horses to plod through the mud or snow banks to reach school on time. About this time Richfield High School was granted a charter as a first grade high school. In 1916, the old school house between the centers was torn down to make way for the brick building which is still in use, though nearly double its originial size.