Bennett School - Edmonton, Alberta
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N 53° 32.180 W 113° 28.292
12U E 336212 N 5934777
The Bennet School was constructed in 1912 to create a four room school for the newly merged communities of Strathcona and Edmonton, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WMAZEY
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 03/15/2011
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The Bennett story had its beginning in the year 1912. Edmonton was booming with rapid growth and the changes brought about by amalgamation with Strathcona. Students from Gallagher Flats were attending Riverside school at the southeast end of the Low Level Bridge. The school (also known as the Bridge School) was typical of the many temporary schools of the day and consisted of two overcrowded rooms in a converted two-story house. A new school was badly needed and the residents of the flats south of the river probably made their views known.
Plans for a new school were soon underway and completed by July 11, 1912. Although the new school was at first intended to be a two-room brick structure, the first tenders were recalled and plans were made to build a four-classroom school.
Bennett School was named in honor of Strathcona’s first mayor and early school trustee Thomas Bennett.
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Address:
9703-94 Street
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
T6C3W1
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