South High School
NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 6 Paris Twp
SW corner Hall and Division
1895 Sanborn Fire Map:
before the GRPS purchased the land.
1908, Oct 28 purchased for $14,000 Lots 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,26,27,28,29 Salem T Turner Add
Platted by Williams in 1905 for Salem Turner. and Thomas Bradfield. Turner Court renamed Elgin Court 1920.
1914 - Built
1915 scheduled to be completed. .
1916 - South High opened September 7, 1915.
This only From Citz 1926
1917 - Sites Committee- considering - an athletic field.
1921 Annual Report - old 11th Ward - lots 1-12 and 26-29 of Salem T Turner's Addition.
1921 - The gymnasiums are too small and are needed for classroom purposes. It would be advisable to build a huge gymnasium suitable for boys and girls at the southwest corner of the building to be connected with the corridor.
1922 - six lots up to Elgin Ct purchased towards the west, lots 23,24,25
1930 - three lots up to Elgin Ct purchased towards east, lots 13,14,15
1960's - Lots below Elgin Ct , lots 16-22 below Elgin Ct.
Oct 1979 sold to US Dept of Labor for $1500.
1953 Sanborn Fire Map page 379 shows the classrooms as built in 1915, gym as built in 1923 and the auditorium in 1931.
From article School History
From Heading History and the City of GrandRapids
From web site: MyCityofGrandRapids.info