Exterior view of the first Lincoln School in St. Peter that was located on the north side of Chestnut street, between Third and Fourth streets. It was destroyed by a fire in 1913. A carriage house is visible at right. Fourth street is at left.
This postcard shows the first Lincoln School in St. Peter that was located on the north side of Chestnut street, between Third and Fourth streets. It was destroyed by a fire in 1913.
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.
Located on Block 19 in the original town, built in 1885 with an addition added in 1894. Used as a high school and grammar school. Demolished in 1934 and replaced with a new building, also known as Longfellow School. Note on back of original to Caroline Mork, Hancock, from Sadie E.
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
Hunter's Park; Washburn School at 201 West St. Andrews Street was built in 1905 with additions in 1926 and 1957; 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; Flemish architecture; cupola; flagpole; brick building
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Lakeside Lester Park; original Lester Park School at Fifty-Fourth Avenue East and Oneida Street; another school was built in 1917 with an addition in 1954
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Denfeld High school; Ely elementary school; Ely Central Avenue and Sixth street; Denfeld school was built in 1925-26 and named for Robert E. Denfeld Duluth's superintendent of schools for 33 years;In fall of 1918 Seventh and Eighth grade boys of Irving, Ely, Fairmont and Longfellow schools were permitted to enter Denfeld because grade schools were becoming crowded; brick buildings; trees; flag pole; spring
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; Denfeld high school Forty-Fourth Avenue west; school was built in 1925; aerial view; football field and bleachers; houses; business district; snow; streets
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections