Oakdale School
This school began on Oakdale Avenue in the NW 1/4 of Sec 5 of Paris Twp
Mar 11, 1889
Thomas M Peck & wife
To
School District No. 7 Paris Twp
L192 P46
Description
E ½ Lot 24 and W ½ Lot 25
January 6, 1891
Thos M. Peck and Mary L. Peck, his wife
Liber 221 page 639
Consideration, $375
Description
Lot 23, the W ½ of Lot 24, the E ½ of Lot 25, and Lot 26
of Peck and Veenboer's First Addition
Peck and VeenBoer's Addition surveyed by Martin in 1887 for Thomas & Mary Peck and Nelle & Eurana VeenBoer
1891 - annexed by the City of Grand Rapids - 11th Ward, Lot 180 feet on Oakdale Street and 125 feet deep. A new four room frame building, two stories above basement, sittings for 200 pupils, heated by furnaces, well ventilated. $6,500. The addition of two rooms to Oakdale with furnace heat and perfect ventilation.
1895 -Is located in the Eleventh Ward on Oakdale Avenue between Seymour Street (Blaine) and Kalamazoo Avenue. New closets have been erected on the rear of this lot during the vacation.
1907 As this school was not shown on the 1895 Sanborn map and
changed locations by the 1913 Sanborn map, the 1907 Ogle map is included here.
1909 - new lot on Evergreen,
Lots 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,21,22 of block 3.. Oakdale Park plat 1887 Oakdale Park - Image Erle (Earl) street renamed Marshall, Seymour renamed Blaine, East renamed Eastern. Original size indicates lots 1,2,6. Need to verify.
1910 - new building opens
1912 - added lots in Block 4
1919 - 8 April, rand Rapids Press, p. 2. Oakdale wants more room - the building is overcrowded, a basement room and a kitchen having been pressed into use to accommodate classes.
1921 - Old 11th Ward - Lots 1-8, 21, 22 block 3 except the west 14 feet of lot 21, and Block 4 of Oakdale Park Addition.
Also lots number 7 and 8 of Weston & Meigs Fourth Addition.
1924 - addition
1950 - Added lot 20.
1953 Sanborn Fire Map pg 638
1953 - for comparison purposes Oakdale Christian built 1943 on Fisk is shown here. It is closer to Alexander Public School than to Oakdale Public School.
1970 - added lots 9,10,11,12,13,17,18,19
1972 - added lots14,15,16
Undated school board map
Grand Rapids Press 26 Mar 1998 - bond issue proposal
Oakdale Elementary
944 Evergreen St SE
383 students, 19 teachers
Built: 1910
Existing square feet: 56,700
Proposed new square feet: 11,500
Cost: $6.1 million
Highlights: a $1.1 million addition of a multipurpose room, kitchen and three
classroms; $3.1 million to remodel classrooms and gym, replace roof and install
new heating and electric systems, and $245,000 for computers and video
equipment.
2005: 944 Evergreen, ppn=41-18-05-158-022, part of blocks 3 and 4 of Oakdale Park. 932-944 Evergreen St SE
Oakdale Christian is closer to Alexander Public School.
From article School History
From Heading History and the City of GrandRapids
From web site: MyCityofGrandRapids.info