Roosevelt Area Schools

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GALLERY #6
 Standish-Wenonah
9/29-30/2006

Standish Elementary 2200 East 40th St. 55407 1956 (torn down) Photo is from my childhood photo album.

Standish 2 Corner of East 40th St. at 22-1/2 Ave. S (Standish Ave. S, today) 1924

Standish 3 East side, early years circa 1916. Appears this side was built first. Portables were built on west side.

Standish 4 East side. Portable classrooms can be seen at rear, west side. Circa 1916.

Standish 5 Later photo of east side on Standish Ave. (22-1/2 Ave. S).

Standish 6 North side, rear of school. Constructing the west side of school to the right. Circa 1916.

Standish 7 West side portable classrooms. Circa 1916.

Standish 8 South side, school's front entrance.

Standish 9 South side, front entrance, winter.

Standish 10 South side must have been completed in 1925 following the east and west wings per the corner stone at front entrance.

Standish 11 Miss Bessie LePres' (?) kindergarten class in Room 101 (northeast corner). Had piano accompanist.

Standish 12 North side, playground construction. Probably circa 1920.

Standish 13 Main entrance was on the South side when Standish existed. Today, driveway is on the East side.

Standish 14 Front entrance, South side. Condominiums are known as, "Standish on the Green".

Standish 15 Back of units, North side. Faculty parking and playground area where merry-go-round, stride bars, monkey bars and slide? were.

Standish 16 Closer view of back entrance, that faces North.

Standish 17 Playground is now sodded, complete with a garden for residents at the North end.

Wenonah Elementary 5625 23rd Ave. S 55417

Wenonah 2 Main Entrance. West side.

Wenonah 3 Near the Northwest corner.


~ INTERESTING DISCOVERY ~


As I searched for schools to photograph, I came upon "Schulstad Street", named for our classmate, Denny Schulstad.  The street is located south of the 62 Crosstown highway, and is the same as
59th-1/2 Street East between 26th and 28th Avenues South.

    

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THESE PHOTOS

 Do you have a good photo(s) of one of our schools, especially one that is closed or town down?
If so, and you would like to see them appear on this site, please email the webmaster (below). 
I will scan and promptly return them to you via U.S. Mail.  If you have digital photos, I would be happy to receive those as well. 
Just attach the photo(s) to an email and send it my way!
 



The following pages are the "beginning" in a SERIES of CLASS PHOTOS from both Elementary and Junior High school. 
GRADUATION (6th & 8th grade) and CANDID photos are still needed. 
Please check your albums as your photos are very much needed in order to represent each school.
Those schools currently represented with some student photos are:
FOLWELL JR., NOKOMIS JR., SANFORD JR., COOPER, HIAWATHA, HOWE,
KEEWAYDIN, MINNEHAHA, STANDISH, and WENONAH.
~ If you have photos to add to this series, please email the webmaster below for details. ~
 

 

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