just workingBurton
South Grand Rapids
Remington Add Wyoming Twp
The location of the township school is confusing because there
was a gap in the platting.
The school existed on a metes and bounds description prior to platting. The
first plat West of the school was the Village of Grand Rapids in 1887 in the NW
¼ of Section 12 by Joseph McKee. Then to the East of this plat was a parcel of
unplatted land, then S. H Remington Addition was platted in NE ¼ in 1890 which
included the existing school but the streets were not lined up between these two
non-adjoining plats. When Gardener and Stafford's Burton Heights Addition was
plated in 1903 between the Village and Remington's plats, they chose to line up
Cutler Street with the Village instead of Remington which resulted in the school
being on a jog of Cutler Street. Additional lots were purchased to the south for
school expansion in Clara's Addition, platted in 1893.
This school began as a Wyoming Township school, perhaps District #9.
1890 - built 4 rooms
1911 - addition, probably southernly into Clara's Addition platted 1893
1916 - annexed to City of Grand Rapids - on the SW corner of Cutler and Buchanan between Remington's Addition and Clara's Addition 1893
1917 - Sites committee - considering - additional playground area.
1920 - The board also purchased additional lots for the Burton School.
1921 Annual Report - old 12th Ward - the south 10 rods (165 feet) of the NE 1/8 of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 12 T6N, R12W (Wyoming Twp) except the north 2 rods (33 feet); and lots 1-4 and lots 28-34 of Clara's Addition
1926 - old building vacated
Sept 1926 - opens a Jr Hi Etten
1927 - new building
From
Citz 1926
1953
Grand Rapids Press 26 Mar 1998 - bond issue proposal
Renaissance Montessori Center
2133 Buchanan Ave SW
329 students, 37 teachers
Built: 1926
Existing square feet: 100,594
Proposed new square feet: 0
Cost: $10.2 million
Highlights: $7.4 million to remodel classrooms, computer lab, library,
auditorium, gym;
locker rooms, restrooms and cafeteria and replace laockers, windows and heating
and electrical systems
and 403,300 for computers and video equipment.
Grand Rapids Press 26 Mar 1998 - bond issue proposal
Burton Elementary
2133 Buchanan Ave SW
480 students, 23 teachers
Built: 1926
Existing square feet: 66,740
Proposed new square feet: 4,762
Cost: $4.6 million
Highlights: $2.4 million to renovate classrooms and restrooms and install new
lockers and heating and electric systems; a $566,000 addition of a library,
computer lab and restrooms, and $316,000 for computer and video equipment.
2006 2133 Buchanan Ave SW 6-8
From article School History
From Heading History and the City of GrandRapids
From web site: MyCityofGrandRapids.info