School Days

This past week schools opened here in Alberta. I decided it would be a great time to post one of the old school buildings that still stands here in the city.
This is the Donald Ross School located in the Rossdale neighborhood. It was opened in 1913.
The main floor had two classrooms, an assembly area and the Principal's Office. The second floor had three classrooms, a staff room and an infirmary.
It is no longer used as a school. It is used today for an aboriginal artist's group

[Diana]

Beautiful building well put to use. It sounds as if it would be too small as a school these days.

[Wylie]

It really does look like a school still. Good that it is still being used productively.

[Ingrid]

Beautiful building. Schools are a lot bigger now, but I'm happy that they found a good use for it!

[Carolinesdreams]

Fabulous. So different to schools here.

[Dustyloup]

Love the chimneys in the middle!

[Joyce Lancaster]

Interesting building and great to know it is still being put to good use

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely-looking building. Glad it is still useful to the community

[Domenico Dodaro]

I would have liked to attend school in a building like this.

[Faye Turner]

Nicely captured

[Bep]

Nice building. Glad it is still useful.

[Pat]

What a nice building and I'm glad it's still in use, nice shot.

[KV]

Lovely building.

[Esther Rosenberg]

They kept the old school up nicely.

[Lou Ann]

What a beautiful school building.

[Monica]

Nice school building

[Nina Ganci]

grand building

[Mags]

Beautiful building! They tear our old school buildings down and build ugly ones with stark lines like boxes.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great looking building. We have older buildings not used for schools anymore, too.

[Dee L.]

Glad that it is still being loved and used. Looks like a perfect building for artist.

[Fisher Family]

Great photo and history of the building. Great for artists.
Katharine

[haskar]

Great old building. Glad it is useful for artist.

[Margaret Brown]

It’s a great sturdy looking old building, it’s nice to know it’s still being used.

[Kerri Michaels]

cool

[Helen Sanderson]

what a solid old building...schools look very different these days here.

[Jean]

Great use for it

[Tunia McClure]

Schools have so many building requirements now it's hard to keep the old ones going. This building looks like its been well kept.

[Kathy]

I like the architecture. Glad that it still can be used.

[Milanie]

That's wonderful that it can be still used. There's one not far from me that reminds me of this style - bet it's of a similar era.

[Harry J Benson]

Nice architecture. Glad it was repurposed.

[Anne ❀]

Another nice find!

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Marilyn it is very nice to see them find a new use

[bkb in the city]

@flygirl Dee it really is a great building

[bkb in the city]

@fishers Katharine it really is a great building

[bkb in the city]

@haskar Haskar it is great it has a new use

[bkb in the city]

@craftymeg Yes Margaret it is very nice

[bkb in the city]

@moviegal1 Kerri glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@hrs Yes Helen they certainly do

[bkb in the city]

@jernst1779 Yes Jean it certainly is

[bkb in the city]

@tunia Yes Tunia you are right about that
Thankfully this one has been maintained

[bkb in the city]

@randystreat Kathy glad you like it

[bkb in the city]

@milaniet Milanie it most likely is. I would love to see a picture of that one some day

[bkb in the city]

@hjbenson Harry it is always nice when that happens

[bkb in the city]

@sunnygreenwood Anne glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@ludwigsdiana Yes Diana it certainly would be very small for this day and age

[bkb in the city]

@pusspup Wylie it is very nice to see it still being used

[bkb in the city]

@ingrid01 Ingrid it is very nice to see it being used still

[bkb in the city]

@carolinesdreams Caroline our schools here now are very different then the old ones

[bkb in the city]

@dustyloup It is a very nice feature

[bkb in the city]

@thistle01 Joyce it is very nice to see it being used still

[bkb in the city]

@sangwann Dione it is very nice to see it being used

[bkb in the city]

@domenicododaro Domenico l think it would have been very interesting

[bkb in the city]

@fayefaye Thanks Faye

[bkb in the city]

@gijsje Yes Bep it is very nice to see it being used still

[bkb in the city]

@pattyblue Thanks Pat

[bkb in the city]

@kvphoto Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@dutchothotmailcom Yes Esther they certainly have

[bkb in the city]

@louannwarren Lou Ann glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@monicac Monica glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@ninaganci Nina glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@marlboromaam They have torn buildings down here but thankfully they have preserved most of the schools

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Nice shot of a rather lovely school building. It reminds me a bit of a school in the town that I grew up in but not the one I went to as a child.

[wendy frost]

Interesting building with great chimneys.

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann Thanks Ann. I think a lot of schools built around then have similar designs

[bkb in the city]

@wendyfrost Wendy the chimneys are a great feature