Schools - Brandon Heritage

The original Brandon College was completed in 1901. The building was designed by Winnipeg architect Hugh McCowan. (Source: Albertype Company/Library and Archives Canada/PA-032699)

Park School was built in 1904. The school, which once stood on the 1400 Block of Lorne Avenue, was demolished in 1978. (Source: Albertype Company/Library and Archives Canada/PA-032696)

Brandon's Central School was built in 1892. The building, which stood on the 500 Block of Lorne Avenue, was razed in 1971. (Source: Albertype Company/Library and Archives Canada/PA-031607)

Alexandra School; Collegiate Institute; The Convent; Park School; and Central School. (Source: Albertype Company/Library and Archives Canada/PA-031631)

Built in 1882. The building became part of the Strathcona Block in 1905. (Source: Lawrence Stuckey collection (1-2002.3.1DA1), S.J. McKee Archives, Brandon University)

Brandon Collegiate was built in 1907 and opened in 1908. (Source: Lawrence Stuckey collection (1-2002.3.1DA10), S.J. McKee Archives, Brandon University)

The original King George School was built in 1911. It was demolished in 1977. (Source: Lawrence Stuckey collection (1-2002.3.1DA23), S.J. McKee Archives, Brandon University)

Alexandra School in 1974, the year of its demolition. The school was located at 1110 College Avenue. (Source: Lawrence Stuckey collection (1-2002.3.1DA27), S.J. McKee Archives, Brandon University)

The Brandon Normal School was built in 1912. It was one of four Normal Schools in Manitoba dedicated to teacher training. This photo was taken sometime before 1940. (Source: Peel's Prairie Provinces, a digital initiative of the University of Alberta Libraries)

January 1978: Earl Haig School stood at the northeast corner of 1st St. and Victoria Ave. The junior high school opened in 1928 and was closed in 1988. (Source: L.A. Stuckey/Lawrence Stuckey collection (1-2002.3.1DA12), S.J. McKee Archives, Brandon University)

McLaren School shortly after its construction in 1917. Located on Brandon Ave. between 2nd and 3rd St., the school was named in honour of Major Joseph McLaren who lost his life in the First World War. McLaren, a local teacher, was killed at Ypres in 1915, becoming Brandon's first citizen to die in the war. (Source: Clark J. Smith/Lawrence Stuckey collection (1-2002.3.1DA24(2)), S.J. McKee Archives, Brandon University)

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