This photograph shows the first high school in St. Peter, which was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Fifth and Grace streets. The front of the school faced Fifth street. It was constructed in the early 1870s.
Central Hillside; Duluth Central High school building was the talk of the country when it was built in 1891-1892; architects Palmer and Hall of Duluth based the school's design on Richardson's Romanesque Allegheny Courthouse in Pittsburgh; the carving was done by Duluthian O. George Thrana (1872-1939), a Norwegian master stone carver; the main tower is 230 feet tall; Westminster chimes were installed; houses in background; people on steps; Central is used as the Duluth school district 709's administrative building
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
retaining wall being worked on; workers; Central high school built in 1892 at Lake avenue and second street was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972; architects Palmer and Hall of Duluth
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central high school built in 1892 at Lake avenue and second street was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972; architects Palmer and Hall of Duluth
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; Duluth Central High school; north side of Second Street between Lake and First Avenue East; clock tower; St. Paul's Episcopal Church at left; neighborhood view
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Included in the montage are pictures of the water tower (upper center), the high school (center right); Fosston Hospital (lower right), Fosston Woolen Mills (lower left), and the S.S. Stadsvold Fosston Elevator and Flouring Mills (center left). A hadwritten note on the back says, ""The village fathers and hangers on, and saloon keepers and their bartenders, as well as a few structures, about 1905 in the Village of Fosston.""
Exterior view of the two story wooden school in Warroad during the winter. A few log buildings are located on the right side of the school and several smaller buildings can be seen behind the building.
View of the High School in Northfield, Minnesota with students on the grounds. Handwritten note on back of postcard reads: "Removed from Ida Norton Scrapbook."
The west side of the building, looks the same today. The south and the east have had additions. Rows of tall windows on both first and second floor provided classroom lighting.
Central Hillside; Emerson School 1028 West Third Street; this 12 room brick building by architect A. F. Rudolph was built in 1891; stone foundation; adults; children; power lines; telephone poles; trees; sidewalk; houses
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections