Thursday, February 28, 2013

Schools





Brunot Hall, a boarding and day school for Protestant girls, 2209 W. Pacific Ave., c. 1911


Hutton Settlement, c. 1927


Holmes School, 2600 W. Sharp Ave., c. 1909


Edison School, South Lee Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue (1893-1972).


Lincoln School,  Fifth Avenue and Browne Street  (1888-1967).


Webster School, 615 E. Sharp Avenue, c. 1909.  Opened in 1901, it was rebuilt after a fire in 1945 and closed in 1962.
Bing Crosby attended grade school here.


Spokane High School, 521 W. Fourth Avenue, was the city's first high school.  Its name was changed to South Central High School in 1908.  It was built in 1891 and burned down in 1910.  Lewis and Clark High School was built in its site.


Lewis and Clark High School, on Fourth Avenue between Stevens Street and Howard Street, replaced South Central High School at this site.  President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone during a visit to Spokane.  The building was designed by Loren L. Rand and completed in 1912.


Academy of the Holy Names, between Boone Avenue and Sharp Avenue on Superior Street, c. 1911.
It was built in 1891 and chartered as a secondary academy for Catholic girls.


North Central High School, 516 W. August Avenue.  Built in 1908, this building was demolished in 1981 after the construction of the new building.




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