Eastern Avenue School

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Eastern Avenue School
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Location758 Eastern Ave., NE., Grand Rapids, Michigan
Coordinates 42°58′36″N85°38′56″W / 42.97667°N 85.64889°W / 42.97667; -85.64889 (Eastern Avenue School) Coordinates: 42°58′36″N85°38′56″W / 42.97667°N 85.64889°W / 42.97667; -85.64889 (Eastern Avenue School)
Area4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built1929 (1929)
ArchitectHenry H. Turner
Architectural style Romanesque Revival, Early Commercial
NRHP reference # 13000666 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 4, 2013

Eastern Avenue School is a former pubic school building located at 758 Eastern Avenue NE in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [1] As of 2018, the current owner plans to convert the building into apartments. [2]

Grand Rapids, Michigan City in Michigan, United States

Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan and the largest city in West Michigan. It is on the Grand River about 30 miles (48 km) east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 1,005,648, and the combined statistical area of Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland had a population of 1,321,557. Grand Rapids is the county seat of Kent County.

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.

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History

In 1921, the Grand Rapids Board of Education authorized the construction of a wing in the new Stocking Elementary School for use by a program serving physically challenged children. Architect Henry H. Turner designed the new building. However, despite spaces for 50 students, the program was overcrowded six years later. At the same time, the school serving the highgland Park area was becoming obsolete and overcrowded. In 1927, the Board purchased a new site in the heart of Highland Park, and again hired Turner to design a school to accommodate both the area elementary students and 150 special needs students from all over the city. Construction began, and the school opened in 1929. [3]

The school served as an elementary school for the neighborhood until it was closed in 2008. [3] The building remained vacant and was sold to a developer in 2012, for the purpose of converting the school into housing. Those plans fell through, and it was purchased by a charter school, then by the Inner City Christian Federation (ICCF) in 2016. ICCF plans to convert the building into apartments. [2]

Description

Eastern Avenue School is a four-story, flat-roofed building built into a hillside so that the rear facade is only two stories high. The building is of a simple Romanesque Revival design, with large, closely placed windows interspersed with solid walls. The building is clad with multicolored brown, red, orange, and golden brick and terra cotta and sits on an Indiana limestone base. A two-story bay projects from the south elevation. A parapet wall runs across the top of the facades. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2013-11-02.
  2. 1 2 Jim Harger (March 16, 2018). "Former school buildings approved for conversions into apartments". MLive.
  3. 1 2 3 Grace AM Smith (February 15, 2013), National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eastern Avenue School (PDF), National Park Service