Hutch Post, in partnership with Steve Harmon and the Conard-Harmon Collection, is proud to present Throwback Thursday. Enjoy a weekly release from Steve Harmon as he presents the "Hutch - Then & Now Collection."
STEVE HARMON
Hutch Post Contributor
Today's "Throwback Thursday Collection" takes us to the 1900 block of East 4th on the north side.
As Hutchinson's population kept extending farther east in 1910, the city was in need of an eastside elementary school.
In 1910, the city bought property next to the Grandview Evangelical Church at 2200 E. 4th Ave. and decided to build a three-room frame-school there and name it Grandview Elementary. The first photo shows this school after it was moved to Careyville in 1924.
In 1921, they decided to rebuild a better structure to accommodate the 245 pupils then attending there. The second photo shows the building — which cost $117,576 — at opening at 1900 E. 4th.
The third photo shows Grandview Elementary in 1953 at its highest-use period.
An annex was added in 1970.
The building was used for 75 years and razed in 1998. The fourth photo shows the current education facility left from the previous annex to the old building, named Grandview Alternative Learning Program, still addressed as 1900 E. 4th Ave.
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Throwback Thursday is brought to you by:
Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce
STRATACA Kansas Underground Salt Museum
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