Stocking School
NE 1/4 of Section 23 Walker Township
1895 Sanborn Fire Map shows the future site:
1907 Ogle map: It shows shows the future site as residence of Mary Stocking, Stocking and Smith Addition.Ogle Walker
1913 Sanborn Fire map: future site for the new school which shows that the assessor hand drew the new school onto Mary Stocking's home but with no date, of course.
1920 - A new site was purchased for $25,000., The purchase was the Stocking property just across the street and to the north of the present old building.
Stocking and Allen's Platted in 1858 by Billius Stocking and Truman Allen. Stocking renamed Walker, Ann to Eight, Elizabeth to Ninth, Caroline to Tenth, Jonathon to Eleventh,
Smith's Sub platted in 1881 by Skeels for Billius Stocking and wife own blocks 2,3,4,9,10 and 11. Mary Stocking owns block 7., Reuben Smith and wife own Blocks 5 and 6. Wife is probably Annette Smith,
1921 Annual Report - old 6th Ward - new site Lot 8 Block 7 of Stocking & Smith's Sub
1921 - Plans for new building include accommodation for crippled children as a temporary measure.. .
1922 - contract let for new school. The work was commenced in the early spring and the construction has gone along so that they will be ready for use in September, 1923
1923 - school opens
1953 Sanborn Fire Map Page
Grand Rapids Press 26 Mar 1998 - bond issue
proposal
Stocking Elementary
863 Seventh St NW
470 students, 20 teachers
Built: 1923
Existing square feet: 39,070
Proposed new square feet: 16,160
Cost: $4.9 million
Highlights: a $1.8 million addition of a multi-purpose room, library, computer
lab and three classrooms;
$1.5 million to remodel classrooms and offices and replace heating and electric
systems, and
$297,500 for computers and video equipment.
2005 location: 863 Seventh NW ppn=41-13-23-284-011 Lot 8 Block 7 of Smith's Subdivision of Stocking & Allen's Addition
2006 K-5
From article School History
From Heading History and the City of GrandRapids
From web site: MyCityofGrandRapids.info