Photograph of Argentine High School

Photograph of Argentine High School

Schools--Kansas City, Kansas
USD 500
Schools--High Schools
Schools--Architecture

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 the nine room brick building was completed in 1908 and by September of that year it was occupied by six teachers and 100 students. Argentine was annexed in 1910 and the school merged with USD 500. by 1918 the enrollment at Argentine reached 200 and a gymnasuim and cafeteria were installed. F. L. Schlagle served as principal from 1919 to 1924 when he became Superintendant of Schools. By 1935 enrollment totalled 1,130 with 29 teachers on staff. The original 1908 building was razed in 1954 and a new building was constructed in 1955-56.

Bill Radford

Kansas Room Special Collections

Kansas City, Kansas Public Library

1929

JPG

eng

Gelatin silver print

KSCOLL_PH_ArgentineHighSchool_01

Gelatin silver print

8 x 10 in.