FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY

Forest Park Elementary

1600 North Tyler Street

Opened in 1913 at the end of a trolley line in a suburban area called Forest Park, the original building was destroyed by a tornado (some accounts say it was burned) in 1924 and replaced with the present structure.

Forest Park School, 1919. Photo courtesy of Kate Askew. Click here to view a larger version of this photo.

Additions were made in 1930, 1953 and 1968, and the building was renovated in 1981. The school marked its 90th anniversary with a large celebration in 2003.

Sources:
LRSD archives.

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Updated March 2005