Located south of Stanley Park along the 1400 block of Lorne Avenue, Park School was constructed in 1904. Designed by W.A. Elliot and built by the Brandon Construction Company the structure measured 71 x 107 feet and cost approximately $38,000.
The school featured a principal’s office, reception room, staff rooms, an assembly hall for eight hundred, and ten class rooms. The interior walls were lined with mahogany while the floors were made of western pine. The interior of the basement was constructed from Tyndall stone, while Crookston brick trimmed with Bedford stone made up the exterior.
The building was razed in September 1978. Hobbes Manor was built on the location.
Scope and Content
Item is a postcard showing Park School in Brandon, MB.
One small hole, some pencil marks and stains. A couple of the names are illegible.
History / Biographical
The Brandon Normal School was an arm of the provincial Department of Education. Manitoba Normal schools were initiated in the early 1880s (1882 for protestant teachers and 1883 for Roman Catholic ones) to meet the demand for teachers in the province's schools. Normal schools were held in Brandon at various locations until the construction of the Brandon Normal School in 1912 under the Roblin government. The Brandon Normal School operated until 1946.
Custodial History
Photograph was donated to the McKee Archives by Janette Donnelly in 1999.
Scope and Content
Portraits of the students and staff of Brandon Normal School's third class spring term (1921).
W.M.C.A.Convocation 1976 ? Faculty procession Left (front to back): R.H. Hannah, P. Hallamandaris, P.G. Klassen, Eileen McFadden, ? Right (front to back): C.W. Anderson, ?, J. Hardy, ?, Gordon Senoff?, ?,? Photograph is looking southwest-west.
WMCA – Spring Convocation. Leo Pattipas receives an Honorary Degree. L to R: Dr. Kevin Kavanagh (Chancellor), Leo Pettipas, Dr. Bev Nicholson (presenter), Dr. Dennis Anderson (President, BU)
W.M.C.A.Convocation (Spring) 79. L to R (front row) W. G. Dinsdale; P.C.M.P (Bran Services), K. A. Cosens; M.L.A Minister of Education, E.R. McGill; M.L.A. (Brandon West), Eleanor Cunningham; Dir. Alumni Affairs, G. Longphee, Dr. H. Perkins
W.M.C.A – Fall Convocation. Stanley Knowles receives a Certificate of Appreciation. L to R: Dr.E.J. Curly Tyler, Dr. Stanley Knowles, Dr. Dennis Anderson.
