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Black and white photograph of Louisa May Alcott School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Lowell E lementary School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Lowell Elementary School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Maccochaque Elementary School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Maccochaque Elementary School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photo of the Major Hudson school annex, front and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Major Hudson School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Major Hudson school, front and side elevations.

Black and white photo of the Major Hudson school annex, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Mark Twain Elementary School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Mark Twain Elementary School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Mark Twain Elementary School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photo of McKinley School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photo of McKinley School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Morse Elementary School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Morse Elementary School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Noble Prentiss Elementary School, front and side elevations. Built by the city of Rosedale in 1911, the four-room school was located at 14th and Gibbs Road. The name Noble Prentiss was chosen in honor of a noted Kansan,…

Black and white photo of Noble Prentiss Elementary School, front and side elevations. Built by the city of Rosedale in 1911, the four-room school was located at 14th and Gibbs Road. The name Noble Prentiss was chosen in honor of a noted Kansan,…

Black and white photo of Northeast Junior High School, front and side elevations. Located at 4th and Troup, the school was built in 1923-1924 and occupied in 1925. Designed by Rose and Peterson architects, Northeast was originally a segregated school…

Black and white photo of Northeast Junior High School, rear and side elevations. Located at 4th and Troup, the school was built in 1923-1924 and occupied in 1925. Designed by Rose and Peterson architects, Northeast was originally a segregated school…

Black and white photo of Northwest Junior High School, rear and side elevations. Located at 18th and Haskell, Northwest opened in 1924. The four-story brick structure was designed by noted architecture firm Rose and Peterson. Additions were…

Black and white photograph of Park Elementary School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Park Elementary School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of the Park Elmentary School Annex building, frront and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Parker Elementary School, front and side elevations. Located at 33rd and Haskell, the school was named for Colonel Francis W. Parker, an educator of national renown from Quincy, Massachusetts, who gained fame as…

Black and white photograph of Parker Elementary School, rear and side elevations. Located at 33rd and Haskell, the school was named for Colonel Francis W. Parker, an educator of national renown from Quincy, Massachusetts, who gained fame as…

Black and white photograph of the Parker Elementary School Annex building, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Abbot School (originally called London Heights School). Located at the corner of 15th and Troup Ave., Abbot school was constructed in 1889 and began as a two-room schoolhouse.

Early accounts of the school mention the lack…

Black and white photo of Argentine High School, rear and side elevations. Erected at 22nd and Elmwood (now Ruby) in 1908, Argentine High School was built to educate the growing number of high school students in the Argentine area. The west section of…

Black and white photo of Argentine High School, side view

Black and white photo of Armstrong School, front elevation. The Armstrong school was constructed in 1873 as a two-story, two-room brick building. The school and grounds lay north of the Union Pacific tracks in the Armstrong settlement. In 1926…

Black and white photograph of exterior of Attucks School. The second oldest of the Rosedale Public Schools. Originally a frame building on property at Bluff Street and Central, the school was named for Crispus Attucks. After annexation, in the…

Black and white photo of exterior of Attucks School in Kansas City, Kansas. The second oldest of the Rosedale Public Schools. Originally a frame building on property at Bluff Street and Central, the school was named for Crispus Attucks. After…

Black and white photo of exterior of Bancroft School in Kansas City, Kansas. Bancroft School at Sixth and Splitlog was named, as was the custom in the years around the turn of the century, for a well-known writer and diplomat, George Bancroft, who is…

Black and white photograph of Bancroft School in Kansas City, Kansas, exterior side view. Bancroft School at Sixth and Splitlog was named, as was the custom in the years around the turn of the century, for a well-known writer and diplomat, George…

Black and white photograph of exterior of Bancroft School in Kansas City, Kansas. Bancroft School at Sixth and Splitlog was named, as was the custom in the years around the turn of the century, for a well-known writer and diplomat, George Bancroft,…

Black and white photograph of Booker T. Washington School. The actual date of construction and occupancy for this school, which served African American students, is not known. Booker T. Washington school was at one time located at the corner of…

Black and white photograph of Booker T. Washington School, exterior, rear view. The actual date of construction and occupancy for this school, which served African American students, is not known. Booker T. Washington school was at one time located…

Black and white photograph of Bruce School, exterior. Bruce was located at 222 N 2nd St., on the SW corner of 2nd and Ohio in the French Bottoms of old KCK. Built sometime around 1890, the two-room frame building served African American students,…

Black and white photograph of Bruce School, exterior side view. Bruce was located at 222 N 2nd St., on the SW corner of 2nd and Ohio in the French Bottoms of old KCK. Built sometime around 1890, the two-room frame building served African American…

Black and white photo of the Bruce (later known as Lincoln) School. Constructed in 1888, the building was located at the southwest corner at 24th and Strong Avenue. This school was first named Bruce school, and later, when Argentine was annexed in…

Black and white photograph of Bryant School, exterior. Built in 1904, Bryant was a four-room, brick structure located at 17th and Webster with eight grades taught by four teachers. in 1908 four additional rooms were added to the west side of the…

Black and white photograph of Bryant School, exterior. Built in 1904, Bryant was a four-room, brick structure located at 17th and Webster with eight grades taught by four teachers. in 1908 four additional rooms were added to the west side of the…

Black and white photograph of Carlisle School. The school was located at Carlisle Road (later renamed 42nd Street) and Speaker Road in Argentine. The name "Carlisle School" was taken from the road (the present 42nd St.) named for the Carlisle family…

Black and white photo of Stowe Elementary School. Stowe was located at Second St. and Richmond Ave (also called Second and Virginia Ave., and some said the building was located on Walker Ave. near Fourth St.). Constructed in 1899 by Rose and Peterson…

Black and white photograph of Prescott Elementary School, front and side elevations. Built in 1888, Prescott was located at 13th and Ridge Roads. Originally called Reynolds school, It was given the name in honor of J. I. Reynolds, who opened the…

Black and white photograph of Prescott Elementary School, front and side elevations. Located at 13th St. and Ridge Ave., Prescott School was built in 1888. Originally the school consisted of four classrooms, two on the first floor and two on the…

Sepia toned photograph of Prescott Elementary School, front and side elevations. Located at 13th St. and Ridge Ave., Prescott School was built in 1888. Originally the school consisted of four classrooms, two on the first floor and two on the second,…

Black and white photograph of Quindaro Elementary School, front and side elevations. Built in 1906, Quindaro Elementary was an expansion of the one room school house which had become overcrowded. Designed by W. W. Rose in the Renaissance Revival…

Black and white photograph of Quindaro Elementary School, side elevation. Built in 1906, Quindaro Elementary was an expansion of the one room school house which had become overcrowded. Designed by W. W. Rose in the Renaissance Revival style, the…