Exterior view of the Badger School with several children and teachers in front of the school. The school was located in the same area that the present school is located. The building had a wonderful bell tower that the town was very proud of. This school was built in 1902.
retaining wall being worked on; workers; Central high school built in 1892 at Lake avenue and second street was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972; architects Palmer and Hall of Duluth
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central high school built in 1892 at Lake avenue and second street was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972; architects Palmer and Hall of Duluth
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Students are sitting at their desks in a Hawthorne Grade School classroom; teacher: Miss Smith; 1st row: Ethel Fox, Hattie Rowley, Maude Burbank, Mattie Holt, James Robinson, unknown; 2nd row: Carl Kurtzman, Goldie Alexander, Ward Shaw, Gustave O'Neil, Earl Leonard, Charles Lamb; 3rd row: ___ Purcell, William McCabe, Laura Ekholt, Thomas Woodford, Nate Renslow; 4th row: Harry Walker, Elsie Wetherby, Floyd Darling, Hans Hanson
This photograph shows the students and their teacher at the District 21 School in Belgrade Township in Nicollet County during the 1888-1889 school year.
Building was moved to Alberta in 1912 and remodeled as a dwelling for the first principal of the Alberta Consolidated School, Fred Graffelman. Front row, left to right: photographer's wife and child, Elizabeth Foley, Rose Busse, Florence Hardin, Frances Busse, Rebecca Farwell, Joe Horrigan [holding slate], Mark Farwell, Ferris Hardin, Merle Farwell, Daniel Horrigan, William Horrigan Back row, left to right: Nora Hardin, Nina Farwell, Helen Darrow, Mrs. Nelson Darrow, Maud Darrow, Bert Horrigan, George Busse, Timothy Vaughn, Edward Horrigan, Ezra Hardin, Felix Busse, Luke Foley, James Foley, Mason Darrow, Patrick Vaughn, John Horrigan, Ray Roberts, R.H. Grace [teacher]
New Brighton Elementary School, originally called District #18, was built in 1890, and served students in the area until 1939, when the second New Brighton Elementary School was built on 8th Avenue. The first building eventually housed the Setchall-Carlson electronics company.
The first school in New Brighton was located on Fifth Avenue west of Cleveland Avenue. Originally called District #18, It opened in 1890 and closed in 1939, when a new New Brighton School opened. Students and staff pose outside the school building on a winter day.
Students and staff are standing in front of the first school building that was used as a temporary home for the Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. One of the school's founders, Judge Rodney A. Mott, rented Major Fowler's store on what is now the corner of Division and Central Avenue in Faribault, and the school opened in this temporary home on September 9, 1863. This building was used during 1863-1868, and the school's name changed to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during this time.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Students and staff are standing in front of the first school building that was used as a temporary home for the Minnesota Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. One of the school's founders, Judge Rodney A. Mott, rented Major Fowler's store on what is now the corner of Division and Central Avenue in Faribault, and the school opened in this temporary home on September 9, 1863. This building was used during 1863-1868, and the school's name changed to "Minnesota Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind" during this time.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
A photograph showing the exterior of the public school with three students sitting on the steps. A barn and outdoor toilets are visible in the background.
Glenwood High School 1899, south and west facades. Photo taken across Second Street NE. The first Glenwood Lutheran Church is partially visible in the background.
Glenwood High School main entrance and auditorium was part of the 1936 expansion of the high school designed by Nairne W. Fisher. This photograph from the late 1970s shows replacement windows.
The older frame structure of Hawthorne School is visible in foreground while the partially completed brick structure that will eventually replace the frame building is visible in the background.
Jefferson elementary school second street between ninth and tenth avenues east; St. Luke's hospital bought it in 1983 for its nursing program; subsequently sold and is an apartment building with a day care program
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Jefferson elementary school second street between ninth and tenth avenues east; St. Luke's hospital bought it in 1983 for its nursing program; subsequently sold and is an apartment building with a day care program
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Exterior view of the Johnson Grade School, at the corner of South 3rd Avenue West and 6th Street South (formerly, South Wyoming Avenue and Hemlock Street).
Exterior view of the John Ireland School in St. Peter, which was located between Myrtle and Walnut Streets, facing Fifth Street, until it was demolished as a result of the March 1998 tornado. The school served children who attended the Church of St. Peter.
Exterior view of the original Lincoln School in St. Peter, which was destroyed by a fire in 1913. The school's students can be seen in front of the building, which was located on the north side of Chestnut Street, between Third and Fourth Streets, facing Chestnut.
Exterior view of the Lincoln School in St. Peter that was built to replace an earlier school of the same name on the same site. Both schools faced south along Chestnut Street, between Third and Fourth Streets.
Exterior view of the Longfellow School, located near West 8th Street and Idaho Avenue. Longfellow School was replaced with a new building in 1934. The E. J. Jones home is visible in the background.
Longfellow elementary school at eighth street and sixtieth avenue west or Norton northwest corner Elinor; architect was Palmer and Hall; it closed in 1957 and was razed in 1959
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lowry School exterior, east and south facades, at completion of construction. The Lowry school district consolidated with Glenwood in 1964. High School classes had been bussed to Glenwood since 1930. The school was closed in 1983 and all students bussed to Glenwood. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and razed in 1992.
Mott Hall served as a school building for both dormitories and classrooms. The text at the bottom of the photo reads: "J. L. Noyes, Superintendent, Minnesota School for the Deaf, Faribault, Minnesota."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Male students are standing on the left in front of the South Wing, and female students are standing on the right in front of the North Wing. The North and South Wings of Mott Hall served as the first permanent buildings for classrooms and dormitories during 1874-1879. The North Wing was the first to be occupied on March 17, 1868, and the South Wing was occupied in the fall of 1873. The two wings were almost exact counterparts, and were connected by a covered passageway on the first floor level.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Central Hillside; Emerson School 1028 West Third Street; this 12 room brick building by architect A. F. Rudolph was built in 1891; stone foundation; adults; children; power lines; telephone poles; trees; sidewalk; houses
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Washington Junior High School was built in 1911; 305 Lake Avenue North; brick building; trees; cars; bushes; street lights; houses; fence
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; Franklin School fire Fourth Avenue East and Seventh; 411 East Seventh street; spectators; houses on both sides of Seventh street; trees; dirt street; boardwalks; children; women; men
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
East Hillside; Franklin School fire Fourth Avenue East and Seventh; 411 East Seventh street; spectators; trees; dirt street; boardwalks; children; women; men
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hunter's Park: Glen Avon school; St. Andrews street; boys and girls; teacher; students; Hunter's Park was named for John Hunter and Ronald Hunter; Glen Avon is named for the glens of Scotland and the river Avon of England by a Scottish man Angus Roderick Macfarlane who married Catharine Hunter; children and teacher standing on the front steps; boy with a drum; aprons, hats, capes
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Hunter's Park: Glen Avon school; boys and girls; teacher; students; St. Andrews street and Roslyn Avenue; old Hunter's Park school; Hunter's Park was named for John Hunter and Ronald Hunter; Glen Avon is named for the glens of Scotland and the river Avon of England by a Scottish man Angus Roderick Macfarlane who married Catharine Hunter; older children standing and seated on steps; the school is not in lists after 1906
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections