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Title: Scarritt School
Description: Photograph of an auditorium entrance in the 1927 addition of Scarritt School at 2509 Anderson Avenue in the 1980s. Earlier sections of the school were built in 1890 and 1906, but later demolished, and an addition was made to the west side of the pictured building in 1960. The school was named for Reverend Nathan Scarritt, an early local minister and resident, and closed as part of a school district consolidation initiative in 2010.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View from Paseo High School
Description: View looking west toward the Plaza from the Paseo High School building at 4747 Flora Avenue in the 1980s. Designed by school district architect Charles A. Smith, the school was completed in 1926. It was closed in 1990, to be replaced with a new building to house the Paseo Academy for Fine and Performing Arts magnet school on the same site.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: View from Paseo High School
Description: View looking northwest from the Paseo High School building at 4747 Flora Avenue in the 1980s. Designed by school district architect Charles A. Smith, the school was completed in 1926. It was closed in 1990, to be replaced with a new building to house the Paseo Academy for Fine and Performing Arts magnet school on the same site. Buildings pictured include the Marriott Hotel, at 45th ; Main Street, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, at 45th ; Oak.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: James School
Description: Photograph ornamentation around the door of James Elementary School at 5810 Scarritt Avenue in the 1980s. The school, named for J. Crawford James, an early school board member, was built in 1910.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scarritt School
Description: Photograph of the 1960 addition of Scarritt School at 2509 Anderson Avenue in the 1980s, as well as a portion of the 1927 wing at the left side of the photo. Earlier sections of the school were built in 1890 and 1906, but later demolished. The school was named for Reverend Nathan Scarritt, an early local minister and resident, and closed as part of a school district consolidation initiative in 2010.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Thacher School
Description: Photograph of the west side of the Thacher School at 5008 Independence Avenue in the 1980s. Designed by Charles A. Smith, the school was named for Major Luin E. Thacher, an early member of the school board, and opened in December 1900. The school closed in 2009 and was demolished in 2015 to repurpose the land for sports fields for the neighboring Northeast Middle and High School.
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: 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: 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: 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: Paseo High School
Description: Photograph of the Paseo High School building at 4747 Flora Avenue in the 1980s. Designed by school district architect Charles A. Smith, the school was completed in 1926. It was closed in 1990, to be replaced with a new building to house the Paseo Academy for Fine and Performing Arts magnet school on the same site.
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: Scarritt School
Description: Photograph of the 1927 addition of Scarritt School at 2509 Anderson Avenue in the 1980s. Earlier sections of the school were built in 1890 and 1906, but later demolished, and an addition was made to the west side of the pictured building in 1960. The school was named for Reverend Nathan Scarritt, an early local minister and resident, and closed as part of a school district consolidation initiative in 2010.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Switzer School
Description: Photograph of Switzer School at 1829 Madison Avenue in the 1980s, flanked by the West Junior High building to the south and the Switzer Addition to the north. The main Switzer building, designed by Charles A. Smith, was built in 1899. 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: 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: 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: 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: Thacher School
Description: Photograph, looking northwest, circa 1980s of the Thacher School at 5008 Independence Avenue. Built in 1900 and designed by architect Charles A. Smith, the school was located at the northwest corner of Independence Avenue and Quincy Avenue. It was named for Major Luin E. Thacher, an early member of the school board. It was demolished in 2015. Located in the Indian Mound neighborhood.
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

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