Alex Taylor School

Today I had to wait for Melody to meet me downtown after work so that allowed me the chance to go for a walk and take a few pictures.
This is the Alex Taylor, which was named after an early city pioneer. He played a a huge role in a number of firsts in Edmonton history. The first telegraph line, the first telephone company, the first electric company and he helped bring in a press to be used in the first newspaper.
This elementary school was built in 1907-08 and was used until 2001. Today it is home to E4C a non-profit group that helps those less fortunate to develop skills and abilities that they can use to better themselves.

[Kristin]

Great history!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very nice looking building and it's good to hear it is still in use.

[Danette Thompson]

Wow, can you imagine being the person with all those firsts? Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[Cathie]

Lovely old building, Brian. Nice.

[Kerri]

Cool shot

[Pam Hawkes]

Great architectural capture and historic information.

[Shirley Chetwynd]

Wow the building has a great history as does it's namesake.

[bruni]

Geat historical building and put to good use at the present/

[Nancy]

Nice shot...great use of the building....lots of history!

[Anita Campbell]

Great history and still being used for a worthy cause. Outstanding.

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

Lovely building.

[KWind]

Wonderful shot of this huge old building. I like how the Canadian flag shows!

[Graham Thresher]

Great capture of a historic building.

[Tony]

Grand looking building.

[Ivan]

Super picture of this interesting building, fascinating historical note, thank you.

[Tami Skipper]

Nice shot and great history! Thanks for sharing.

[Fisher Family]

Great shot of a very interesting building. Glad to hear it is still in educational use. Katharine

[Kim]

I am so glad they are repurposing the school. I think this was a great time in school architecture - when I look at this, I remember the smell of the old heating system in the winter time.

[Hubregt Visser]

Nice picture and nice history.

[june milner]

Very intersting slice of history.

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot on the building and a great explanation of his history

[Rohini Gupta]

Great shot of an interesting building. Its nice to read and see history from all over the world.

[Tineke]

we learn so much about your city, thank you for sharing, nice shot

[Harry J Benson]

Nicely presented, the architecture is the same for school in the states at this time

[❀ Lynn]

Lovely architecture.

[Katie]

Great old building; love that red brick!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Impressive building for a school- glad to see it's still educating too!

[Danny Davies]

Love the old building's bkb. all must be preserved.

[KAL]

Wonderful capture of this historic building! Interesting history!

[Mike Pittman]

I love these old buildings!

[bkb in the city]

@bruni I am glad that it is still being used

[bkb in the city]

@nanderson The history is one of the reasons why I love these old buildings

[bkb in the city]

@aglennc I love it when they find a new use for old buildings

[bkb in the city]

@ruthmouch I do love these old style schoolhouses

[bkb in the city]

@kwind Hey Kim you are the first one to notice the flag. I thought it added a lot to the picture

[bkb in the city]

@thresheg Thanks Graham

[bkb in the city]

@tonydebont I do love these old schools

[bkb in the city]

@ivan You're welcome

[bkb in the city]

@tskipper you're welcome

[bkb in the city]

@fishers I am glad too when they find a new use for an old building

[bkb in the city]

@kimshots There is a lot of special things about these old buildings

[bkb in the city]

@hjv Thanks Hubregt glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@june Glad I shared this one

[bkb in the city]

@pyrrhula Glad to share that with you

[bkb in the city]

@writingdays I enjoy sharing it

[bkb in the city]

@tstb Thanks Tineke glad to share this with you

[bkb in the city]

@hjbenson I love the older styles of schools compared to the new ones built today

[bkb in the city]

@lynnb There is something special about older schools like this

[bkb in the city]

@archaeofrog Nothing quite like a nice brick building

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann It is so nice when old buildings find a new use

[bkb in the city]

@dannydavies They are doing a good job here in preserving them

[bkb in the city]

@kathyladley Thanks Kathy

[bkb in the city]

@c17ehse Glad I could share this one with you

[bkb in the city]

@kph129 I love having the building and the history around today

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Defintely nice that it found a new lease in life

[bkb in the city]

@danette Glad to share it

[bkb in the city]

@cathieg Glad you enjoyed this one Cathie

[bkb in the city]

@kerristephens Thanks Kerri

[bkb in the city]

@pamfromcalgary Glad you enjoyed this one Pam

[bkb in the city]

@http365proj That is one of the reasons I love this one

[John]

Great looking building

[bkb in the city]

@johnnyfrs I do like these older styles of schools

[summerfield]

wow, that's a really nice building. they don't build them like this anymore eh?

[bkb in the city]

@summerfield That is for sure. I think architects could learn a thing or two from these older ones

[Diane]

Impressive old school. Neat that it's still being used for education.

[bkb in the city]

@eudora I am always so glad when old buildings find a new use

[Bankmann]

I called 'school' on that even before I saw the title... ;-p Looks like a good building. Nice that it's still of good use.