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Title: Horace Mann School
Description: Photograph of the Horace Mann School at 39th and Euclid Streets circa 1980. The building was designed by architect Charles A. Smith and completed in 1904. In a state of disrepair, it was closed by the school district in 1979 and placed for sale the following year. It operated as Brown-Caldwell Christian School from the early 1980s until circa 2007, when it was purchased, with the intention of residential redevelopment, by the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Association. It was damaged in an arson fire in December 2011, leading to its demolition.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Switzer School Primary Unit
Description: Photograph of the west side of the Switzer School Annex building at 1810 Madison Avenue in the 1980s. The annex was built in 1958 to accommodate elementary students, and is linked to buildings east of Madison by a tunnel under the street. The Switzer/West campus closed permanently in 2006 and was sold for redevelopment as a residential property in 2015.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Benjamin Harrison School
Description: Photograph of the Benjamin Harrison School at 414 Wallace Avenue in the 1980s. The building was closed at the end of the 1981-1982 school year due to declining enrollment, and was placed for sale by the school district in 1983. A developer proposed turning into an indoor water park before it was purchased by Lutheran High School, which operated at the site from 1985-2005.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Webster School
Description: Photograph of the north side of the former Webster School at 1644 Wyandotte Street, the northwest corner of 17th and Wyandotte, in the early 1980s. The building was constructed in 1885 and operated as a school from that time until 1932. From 1932 until 1977 the building housed a variety of businesses and vocational schools. At the time of the photograph, the building was vacant and planned to undergo a major renovation.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Webster School
Description: Photograph of the north side of the former Webster School at 1644 Wyandotte Street, the northwest corner of 17th and Wyandotte, in the early 1980s. The building was constructed in 1885 and operated as a school from that time until 1932. From 1932 until 1977 the building housed a variety of businesses and vocational schools. At the time of the photograph, the building was vacant and planned to undergo a major renovation.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Benjamin Harrison School
Description: Photograph of the Benjamin Harrison School at 414 Wallace Avenue in the 1980s. The building was closed at the end of the 1981-1982 school year due to declining enrollment, and was placed for sale by the school district in 1983. A developer proposed turning into an indoor water park before it was purchased by Lutheran High School, which operated at the site from 1985-2005.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Switzer School Primary Unit
Description: Photograph of the southwest corner of the Switzer School Annex building at 1810 Madison Avenue in the 1980s. The annex was built in 1958 to accommodate elementary students, and is linked to buildings east of Madison by a tunnel under the street. The Switzer/West campus closed permanently in 2006 and was sold for redevelopment as a residential property in 2015.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Calvary Bible College
Description: Photograph of the facade and main entrance of Calvary Bible College, at 1111 West 39th Street, in the early 1980s. The building, as Loretto Academy, was built as a Catholic boarding and day school by the Sisters of Loretto order of nuns and dedicated in 1904. The building was sold to Calvary Bible College in 1966, and they operated in the location until 1982.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Martin School
Description: Photograph of Martin School at 716 North Garland Avenue in the 1980s. The school, named for school board member Judge Edward L. Martin, originally operated in a building built in 1882. The new building, pictured, opened in 1955 but was closed by the school district due to low enrollment in 1976 as the surrounding area become primarily industrial. The building was sold circa 1981 for industrial/warehouse use.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Webster School
Description: Photograph of 17th Street looking east across Wyandotte Street, including the former Webster School at 1644 Wyandotte, in the early 1980s. The Webster School building was constructed in 1885 and operated as a school from that time until 1932. From 1932 until 1977 the building housed a variety of businesses and vocational schools. At the time of the photograph, the building was vacant and was planned to undergo a major renovation. The Davidson and Vitagraph Film Exchange buildings and other commercial buildings can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Calvary Bible College
Description: Photograph of Calvary Bible College, at 1111 West 39th Street in the 1980s. The building, as Loretto Academy, was built as a Catholic boarding and day school by the Sisters of Loretto order of nuns and dedicated in 1904. The building was sold to Calvary Bible College in 1966, and they operated in the location until 1982. The photograph shows the building surrounded by chainlink fencing.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Webster School
Description: Photograph of the former Webster School at 1644 Wyandotte Street, the northwest corner of 17th and Wyandotte, in the early 1980s. The building was constructed in 1885 and operated as a school from that time until 1932. From 1932 until 1977 the building housed a variety of businesses and vocational schools. At the time of the photograph, the building was vacant and planned to undergo a major renovation.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Webster School
Description: Photograph of 17th Street looking west from Wyandotte Street, including the former Webster School at 1644 Wyandotte, in the early 1980s. The Webster School building was constructed in 1885 and operated as a school from that time until 1932. From 1932 until 1977 the building housed a variety of businesses and vocational schools. At the time of the photograph, the building was vacant and was planned to undergo a major renovation.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Calvary Bible College
Description: Photograph of Calvary Bible College, at 1111 West 39th Street, in the early 1980s. The building, as Loretto Academy, was built as a Catholic boarding and day school by the Sisters of Loretto order of nuns and dedicated in 1904. The building was sold to Calvary Bible College in 1966, and they operated in the location until 1982.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Calvary Bible College
Description: Photograph of Calvary Bible College, at 1111 West 39th Street in the 1980s. The building, as Loretto Academy, was built as a Catholic boarding and day school by the Sisters of Loretto order of nuns and dedicated in 1904. The building was sold to Calvary Bible College in 1966, and they operated in the location until 1982.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lincoln High School
Description: Photograph of the south addition to Lincoln High School at 22nd Street and Woodland Avenue in the late 1980s. Houses along 22nd Street, including 1804 East 22nd, are pictured in the foreground of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Pembroke Hill Country Day School
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a building called Founders Hall at 400 W. 51st Street, at the northwest corner of 51st Street and Wornall Avenue. The building was part of the Sunset Hill School, a college preparatory school for girls, started in 1913. It merged with Pembroke-Country Day School (for boys) in 1984 to form the Pembroke Hill Day School.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Woodland School
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of Woodland Elementary School at 711 Woodland Avenue. Designed by architect Charles A. Smith, it opened in 1921 as an elementary school and in 2013, reopened as Woodland Early Learning Community School.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gladstone School
Description: Photograph of Gladstone School at 335 North Elmwood Avenue in the early to mid 1980s. The building opened in 1925, closed in 1981, and was demolished in 1988, and is pictured with boarded up windows. A new Gladstone School was built on the same site and opened as an arts, science, and math magnet elementary school in 1990.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Woodland School
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of Woodland Elementary School at 711 Woodland Avenue. Designed by architect Charles A. Smith, it opened in 1921 as an elementary school and in 2013, reopened as Woodland Early Learning Community School.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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