Collection: Lansing School District Collection / Topic: History - Institutions

Description:: Located at 620 Lesher Place. The land was purchased in 1892 for Lesher Place School. The name changed to East Park in 1895 and a second story was added soon after. A fire occurred din 1907 and a new building was constructed in 1916. The first PTA was organized in 1924 and in 1926 the name became Oak Park. Contents include: Awards.
Date Created:: 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
Collection:: Lansing School District Collection

Description:: Located at 1900 Cedar Street South at the southwest corner of Cedar and Mount Hope Road East. The land was purchased in 1924 and a v-shaped building was constructed. It was named for Walter H. French who held many titles in the community. The school opened in 1925 with additions made in 1957. Contents include: Sports photos, anniversaries, awards, principals, history, guides, correspondence, records, clippings, treasurer book, slides taken by students between 1967 and 1979.
Date Created:: [1920 TO 1966]
Data Provider:: Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
Collection:: Lansing School District Collection

Description:: Located at 1030 Holmes Street South. The site for Holmes Street School was purchased in July 1916. It was located at the corner of Holmes Street South and Hazel Street. The building was constructed in 1923 with an addition made in 1929. Contents include: History books, pictures, bylaws, meeting minutes, budget and finance materials, correspondence, awards.
Date Created:: [1924 TO 1985]
Data Provider:: Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
Collection:: Lansing School District Collection

Description:: Located at 815 Fairview Avenue Norrth. The State Administrative Board issued 10 acres to Lansing Board of Education in 1953 for Fairview Elementary. The school opened on September 9, 1954. It was located on ten acres where the Boys Vocational School once stood on Fairview Avenue North and bounded by Grand River Avenue. Additions were made in 1954 and 1961. Located in front of Fairview/Foster Box.
Date Created:: 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
Collection:: Lansing School District Collection

Description:: Located at 2901 Lyons Avenue. The land was purchased in 1951 and construction was completed in 1952. Additions were made in 1953 and 1958. Contents include: event programs
Date Created:: [1952 TO 1958]
Data Provider:: Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
Collection:: Lansing School District Collection

Description:: Center for Language, Culture, and Communication Arts was a magnet middle school located at 500 Lenawee Street West. Contents Include: Newspaper clippings and photo.
Data Provider:: Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
Collection:: Lansing School District Collection

Description:: Located at 3426 Cedar Street South. Everett Elementary was orginally built in the 1850s and was named for Arthur Everett. An addition was made in the 1890s but demolished in 1960 and in 1923 and 1934 more additions were introduced. A new gym was built in 1937 and a lower floor in 1939. An extra upper floor was built in 1947 before being annexed to Lansing Schools in 1950. They operated within the high school buildings for a time. Contents include: PTA Scrapbooks and historical materials, Board and PTA meeting minutes, treasury records, payroll ledgers, monthly reports, book donation acknowledgements, Progressive Education Association books, flags, awards, and banners.
Date Created:: [1918 TO 1984]
Data Provider:: Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
Collection:: Lansing School District Collection

Description:: Located at 200 Foster Avenue North. On July 10, 1916, Foster Avenue School became a part of Lansing School system. It had previously been called Columbia Park School. The name change occured in 1917 when it was also remodeled. Additions were also made in 1918 and 1930. Contents include: Yearly PTA history books, documents, correspondence, awards, meeting minutes.
Date Created:: [1916 TO 1978]
Data Provider:: Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
Collection:: Lansing School District Collection

Description:: Located at 2924 Newark Avenue. It was annexed in 1964. It was built in the 1960s and closed in 2001. Contents include: flag, awards, Harley Franks/Maple Grove PTA programs, Yearbooks, History books.
Date Created:: [1963 TO 1999]
Data Provider:: Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
Collection:: Lansing School District Collection

Description:: Located at 1106 Cedar Street North. Cedar Street School began construction in 1847 and was rebuilt in 1851. This building was rebuilt again with additions in 1876. New additions were again made in 1900 and 1917. The original part of the building was demolished in 1941 when a new entrance was built. Contents include: Scrapbooks, notes, and historical materials from PTA.
Date Created:: [1920 TO 1978]
Data Provider:: Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
Collection:: Lansing School District Collection

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