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Black and white photograph of Whittier Elementary School, front and side elevations. Located at 295 South 10th Street, Whittier Elementary School was designed by the architecture firm Rose and Peterson and planned to provide more light and…

Black and white photograph of Whitmore Elementary School, front and side elevations. Built in 1899, at 1412 Southwest Blvd., Whitmore was the first high school in Rosedale and originally served students K-12. The eight room structure was one of the…

Black and white photograph of Whitmore Elementary School, rear and side elevations. Built in 1899, at 1412 Southwest Blvd., Whitmore was the first high school in Rosedale and originally served students K-12. The eight room structure was one of the…

Black and white photograph of Vernon Elementary School, front and side elevations. Vernon School was originally known as the Colored School of Quindaro and was a stone building, replaced by a four-room brick structure after the turn of the century.…

Black and white photograph of the Edison School, front elevation. Built in 1921, in Argentine, Edison was a one-room school house located and 22nd and Lawrence. Serving grades one and two, the school closed in 1931

Black and white photograph of Sumner High School and gymnasium building, front and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Sumner High School, rear and side elevations.

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

Black and white photograph of Stanley Elementary School, front and side elevations. The original Stanley Elementary School, built in 1888 was destroyed by fire in 1912 and shortly thereafter plans were made to build a new school. In January of 1913,…

Black and white photograph of Stanley Elementary School, rear and side elevations. The original Stanley Elementary School, built in 1888 was destroyed by fire in 1912 and shortly thereafter plans were made to build a new school. In January of 1913,…

Black and white photograph of Stanley Elementary School, front and side elevations. The original Stanley Elementary School, built in 1888 was destroyed by fire in 1912 and shortly thereafter plans were made to build a new school. In January of 1913,…

Black and white photograph of Snow Elementary School, front and side elevations. Built in 1911 at 2901 Seneca, Snow was originally called Maple Leaf School and was later renamed Snow for Dr. Francis Huntington Snow, chancellor of the University of…

Black and white photograph of Snow Elementary School, rear and side elevations. Built in 1911 at 2901 Seneca, Snow was originally called Maple Leaf School and was later renamed Snow for Dr. Francis Huntington Snow, chancellor of the University of…

Black and white photograph of the Rosedale High School gymnasium building, front and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Rosedale High School and gym building,

Black and white photograph of Rosedale High School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Rosedale High School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Roosevelt Elementary School, front elevation. Located at 1303 N 36th Street. Roosevelt Elementary was designed by Rose and Peterson Architects, and was constructed in 1922. The seven-room building included an auditorium…

Black and white photograph of Roosevelt Elementary School, rear and side elevations. Located at 1303 N 36th Street. Roosevelt Elementary was designed by Rose and Peterson Architects, and was constructed in 1922. The seven-room building included an…

Black and white photograph of Roosevelt Elementary School, front and side elevations. Located at 1303 N 36th Street. Roosevelt Elementary was designed by Rose and Peterson Architects, and was constructed in 1922. The seven-room building included an…

Black and white photograph of Riverview School, front and side elevations. Located at 7th and Pacific, Riverview School was one of the nine original schools when Wyandott, Kansas City, and Armourdale were separate cities. (they consolidated on March…

Black and white photograph of Riverview School, rear and side elevations. Located at 7th and Pacific, Riverview School was one of the nine original schools when Wyandott, Kansas City, and Armourdale were separate cities. (they consolidated on March…

Black and white group portrait of Quindaro Elementary School Students, in front of the school house. 27th and Farrow, Kansas City, Kansas.

Black and white photograph of Quindaro Elementary School, rear 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…

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…

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 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…

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 photo of Argentine High School, side view

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

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 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…