Pine Avenue School
SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 23 of Walker Twp,
Alternate Name: Primary #10
January 11, 1877
Herman K. Vedders and wife
To
The Board of Education
Liber 106 page 80
Consideration, $1000
Description
Commencing on the W. line of Pine Street at a point 450 feet North of the N.
line of W. Bridge Street,
thence West parallel with the N. line of said W. Bridge Street 200 feet
thence North parallel with the Pine St. 187 feet to land owned by Theodore
Martin,
thence East parallel with said N. line of W. Bride Street to 200 feet to said
Pine Street,
thence South on said W. line of Pine Street 187 feet to beginning.
This land was purchased before being platted.
1878 - Vedder's school lot, 200' on First x 187' on Pine, 7th ward.
1879 - New school built of brick 32x74 ft, two stories with high stone basement, heated by stoves, erected last year for $6,075, only two rooms occupied. Recommend that this lot be graded, which can be done by removing dirt from high part of the lot to the lower. For a photo see Master Plan
1882 - four rooms occupied
This
photo is looking towards the Southeast facing the back addition. Pine Street
lies behind the school while First Street is to the right. St. James
Catholic Church faces Bridge Street.
1883 - renamed Pine Street School
The 1885 Collar and Greiner map shows his school on an unplatted lot west of Pine and North of a short dog leg of Pine. There are two Vedder plats, that adjoin, one on the south Barker and Vedder, the other east H A Vedder's
1887 - value $10,000
1891 - Seventh Ward Warmed by stoves. 2-room annex
1895 - An addition 12x24 feet in size, together with the heating, water closets and sewerage (sic) was added to this building during the last vacation.
1895 Sanborn Fire Map:
The original school is on the right sides.
1898 - Four-room addition. Eight rooms with sittings for 400 pupils. The building has been provided with steam heat in place of the furnaces and made a first-class school.
1905 - Plumbing condemned
1907 Ogle Walker
1912 - New plumbing has been installed (GR Herald, 20 August 1912, pg)
1913 Sanborn Fire map has been altered at an unknown date by the Assessor who has hand drawn in houses where the school once stood. At 507, 509, 511, 515 Pine and 1047 First. It also shows Wallin Church.
1914 - A fire escape to be installed.
1921 - A new site is recommended
1921 Annual Report - Old 7th Ward - Part of section 23 T7N, R12W (Walker) (from the) NW corner of North Pine and First Street etc
1929 - Closed
1930 - Fire
1938 plat created by Assessor Panfil.platted in Panfil's 21 in 1938. Now I-196.
FYI: Pine Christian
41-13-23-204-008 1138 NW PINE AVE
2005 - now a public alternate school (SE Pine and Leonard)
From article School History
From Heading History and the City of GrandRapids
From web site: MyCityofGrandRapids.info