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