WWI and the Growing Years

1916-1928

Burton annexed 1916 Wyoming

  (SW of Burton and Division)

name variations:
Section: Wyoming Twp
Address: 2133 Buchanan Ave SW
1890 - built in the Village of South Grand Rapids
1911 - addition
1916 - annexed by City of Grand Rapids
S H Remington Addition
South of Cutler on Buchanan
 

 

Harrison GRPS 1921SW ¼ Sec 13 Walker Twp

  (East of Alpine, south of Richmond)

name variations: West Leonard
Section: SW ¼ Sec 13 Walker Twp
Mail and Tax: 1440 Davis Ave NW
1921 - Board decides to buy Harrison Park from the City
 

 

Kensington  GRPS 1922 Section: SE ¼ Sec 35 Walker Twp


 

(NW of Godfrey and Hall)

name variations:
Section: SE ¼ Sec 35 Walker Twp
Mail Address: 1061 Kensington Ave SW  Tax: 1031 Kensington Ave SW
1922 - site purchased
 

Dickinson  (between College and Eastern, Hall and Burton) 1921 GRPS Section 6 Paris SE 1/4  

name variations:
Section Paris 6 SE 1/4    Trout's Add
Mail: 448 Dickinson St SE Tax: 432 Dickinson St SE
1921- school built
 

 

Davis Tech  1923 GRPS Section 30 GRT

name variations: Grand Rapids Vocational School
:Section
Oldest Address: Bostwick; old mail: 1625 Leonard St NE  old tax: 1236 Ball Ave NE
1923 - opens
 

 

Eastern 1923 GRPS GRT

 (East of Highland Park, north of Michigan)

name variations:
Section
Mail: 758 Eastern Ave NE Tax: 815 Malta St NE
Coldbrook-Flat, Stewart to Maybelle, Morse to Malta. Unplatted. About 10 big "lots"
 

 

Aberdeen annexed 1924 GRT

Aberdeen
1924 purchased by GRPS, to replace Knapp?
name variations:
SectionNW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 OF SEC 8 T 7 N, R 11 W

Mail:: 928 Aberdeen St NE Tax Address: 900 Aberdeen St NE

 

Fairmount annexed 1924 GRT Sec  6

t  (North of Knapp, west of Plainfield)

name variations: GR Twp District 6,
Section
Addresses:
1911 - lot purchased by Grand Rapids Township School District 6
post 1921 - annexed by City of Grand Rapids
1954 - sold to St. James Lutheran Church
 

Alger  - annexed Paris 1920"s

name variations: Paris Twp Seymour,
Section NW 1/4 Sec 8
Mail

 

 

Ottawa GRPS 1925

Ottawa High 2055 Rosewood SE

name variations:
Section Paris  south of Burton, east of Kazoo
Address

 

 

From the Article School History

From the Heading History of the City of GrandRapids

From the web page MyGrandRapids

 

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