School Days

Back to my historical project. This the McKay Avenue School. It was Edmonton's first brick schoolhouse. It opened in 1904.
When Alberta became a province in 1905 the third floor of this school was used to house the Alberta Legislative Assembly.
The school was named after Dr. William MacKay. When the stone was made with his name it was misspelled and it was to late to correct it before the grand opening. So the good doctor's name is permanently misspelled in stone above the entrance.
Today it is home to the Edmonton Public School Board Archives and Museum

[Diana]

Lovely shot of this beautiful building. Such interesting info, it sounds as if there were not enough pupils at the time.

[moni kozi]

What a great pov

[Issi Bannerman]

Beautiful building.

[Wylie]

An imposing structure.

[Suzanne]

Grand looking building

[Tunia McClure]

Edmonton has done a great job of preserving old buildings.

[Bucktree]

A grand old building. Good shot.

[essiesue]

It's wonderful that Edmonton has chosen to preserve this lovely structure. Too many historical landmarks have been demolished in favor of new. fav

[winghong_ho]

Beautiful building. Nice capture and story.

[Dione Giorgio]

Such a beautiful memorable building. Superb capture and a lovely story. Fav.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great looking building and interesting information.

[Merrelyn]

It's a lovely old building ( well old by our standards at least).

[LManning (Laura)]

I love the arched windows along the top.

[Fisher Family]

A lovely shot of this imposing building, and interesting history!

Ian

[Margaret Brown]

Super pov and lovely old building

[Pam]

Fantastic building, and shot!

[Josie Gilbert]

Lovely shot.

[Granny7(Denise)]

Another wonderful old building

[Bill]

Nice angle, lovely old building.

[Judith Johnson]

What a grand building but what a shame to have mis-spelled his name. I guess it's a bit of a talking point now

[Susie]

Lovely building

[Pat Knowles]

A good solid square building!

[gloria jones]

Great shot with nice light

[Carole Sandford]

A great looking building!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Pyrrhula]

Nice building and architecture

[Kathy]

It has that schoolhouse look. From the days when boys and girls entered by separate doors.

[KWind]

The curved windows are beautiful!!

[bkb in the city]

@ludwigsdiana Diana l am not sure what the original enrollment was

[bkb in the city]

@monikozi Monica glad you liked this one

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@jamibann Issi glad you enjoyed this one

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@pusspup Wylie glad you like this one

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@ankers70 Suzanne glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@tunia Yes Tunia for the most part they have

[bkb in the city]

@dkellogg Thank you

[bkb in the city]

@essiesue Thank you for the comment and the fav

[bkb in the city]

@wh2021 Thanks Winghong

[bkb in the city]

@sangwann Thanks Dione for the comment and the fav

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Marilyn glad you liked this one

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@merrelyn Merrelyn glad you enjoyed this one

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@ljmanning Laura glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@fishers Thanks Ian

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@craftymeg Margaret glad you enjoyed this one

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@pamalama Thanks Pam

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@josiegilbert Josie glad you enjoyed this one

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@denful Denise glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@bill_gk Thanks Bill glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@busylady Yes Judith it certainly is

[bkb in the city]

@susie1205 Susie glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@happypat Yes Pat it certainly is

[bkb in the city]

@seattlite Thanks Gloria

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@carole_sandford Carole glad you liked this one

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@elisasaeter Thanks Elisabeth

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@pyrrhula Ferry glad you like this one

[bkb in the city]

@randystreat Kathy this one had two entrances

[bkb in the city]

@kwind Kim glad you enjoyed them

[Heather]

A great shot of this handsome building. I like these old schools. (interesting info about his misspelled name) Fav

[Rick]

Neat looking building. Great shot.

[bkb in the city]

@365projectorgheatherb Thanks Heather for the comment and the fav

[bkb in the city]

@rickster549 Thanks Rick