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Summit School, Seattle, circa 1905
This architecturally distinctive school building was designed by James Stephen. Summit School opened with a full house of elementary and high school students in 1905, but the older classes moved the following year to their own building, known as Franklin School. As the surrounding neighborhood became more commercial, the school population declined, but Summit was used for a variety of…
ID Number:1983.10.7457
Date:Circa 1905
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Rainier School, Seattle, circa 1905
In 1891, Seattle's Rainier School opened in the Rainier Heights neighborhood with 422 students and twelve teachers. The area grew so fast that by 1901, there were almost twice as many students and twenty teachers. The school closed in 1940 but later reopened as part of Edison Technical School. The building was torn down in 1957. Handwritten on sleeve: Ranier…
ID Number:1983.10.7491
Date:Circa 1905
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Cascade School, Seattle, circa 1905
Cascade School opened in 1894 in the neighborhood located at the south end of Lake Union. The school served preschool through eighth grade students. This photo shows the building after the second addition had been completed in 1904, when the enrollment reached 949 students. Cascade School closed following the earthquake of April 1949, which fortunately happened during spring vacation. Webster…
ID Number:1983.10.7536
Date:Circa 1905
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John B. Allen School, Seattle, circa 1905
Seattle's John B. Allen School opened in 1904 at Northwest 67th Street and Phinney Avenue. The two-story building was designed by Seattle school architect James Stephen and named for one of Washington state's first senators. John B. Allen School had eight classrooms and housed six teachers and 381 students. In 1917, the old wooden building closed and classes moved to…
ID Number:1983.10.7547
Date:Circa 1905
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Interbay School, Seattle, circa 1905
The Seattle School District purchased property for a school in the Interbay area between Smith's Cove and Salmon Bay in 1902. This building opened in 1903 with five classrooms for grades 1-8. It closed in 1939 and the property was leased to the parks department. As of 2025 Interbay Playfield is located on the site. Handwritten on sleeve: Interbay School.Webster…
ID Number:1983.10.7549
Date:Circa 1905
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Dunlap School, Seattle, circa 1905
Named for a family who homesteaded in the Rainier Valley, Dunlap School opened in 1904 on Trenton St. between 48th and 50th South. An earlier one-room schoolhouse had been built on a different site. This new school was designed by the architect James Stephen and served students in the Rainier Valley until 1924 when it closed. Handwritten on sleeve: Dunlap…
ID Number:1983.10.7553
Date:Circa 1905
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Brighton Beach School, Seattle, circa 1910
Seattle's Brighton and Brighton Beach district is located near Lake Washington, south of Columbia City and the Mount Baker neighborhood. The area's first school, built around 1880, had only one room. By 1903, students and teachers occupied a two-story frame schoolhouse with eight classrooms. This photo shows the Brighton Beach School, probably in the 1910s. The area became part of…
ID Number:1983.10.7562
Date:Circa 1910
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Class at Wilson's Modern Business College, circa 1910
Wilson's Modern Business College opened in Seattle in 1895. It was one of several schools in the city which prepared women and men for jobs in business. Daytime and evening classes included arithmetic, geography, and spelling, as well as bookkeeping, shorthand, and commercial law.In this photo, taken around 1910, a group of men and women sit in a shorthand or…
ID Number:1983.10.7650
Date:Circa 1910
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Alki School, Seattle, circa 1915
Alki School stands close to where the first settlers landed in 1851 to begin the settlement that would become Seattle. This building opened in 1913 with approximately 175 students in grades 1-8. By 1918, the enrollment had more than doubled. The earthquake of April 1965 severely damaged the three-story structure, which was demolished and replaced by a new building in…
ID Number:1983.10.7754
Date:Circa 1915
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Maple School, circa 1907
Maple School was built sometime around 1865 south of Seattle on land donated by Samuel Maple. The original one-room schoolhouse was replaced in 1900 by a much larger wooden building with a tall bell tower. Because the school was located near a railway station named for Henry Van Asselt, some people called the building Van Asselt School, causing no end…
ID Number:1983.10.7872.1
Date:Circa 1907