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IPElk River Historic Context, <br /> Schools,Churches and Local Institutions,1854-1920 <br /> %\',* - ,,,to , „ -$111.11 \ 'kill <br /> fir- '67,"1: 4 , . <br /> ■ , i 11'' 1 /y ( � <br /> a� E q �' ��� <br /> fly. ��z = � � k <br /> ' av, <br /> Elk River School,ca. 1900.Photo:MHS. <br /> In Elk River,local and county government created a collection <br /> of buildings typical of nearly all settlements of its size.In <br /> addition to schools and the county courthouse,private <br /> Masonic organizations also occupied space in business blocks. <br /> • This context extends from 1851 to 1950. <br /> Schools <br /> Elk River's first school was organized in 1854. Classes were <br /> held in the Orono home of Mrs.Bean,a local resident. A <br /> schoolhouse was built in 1857. With the shift of population to <br /> the new village of Elk River,a one-room frame schoolhouse <br /> was erected there in 1868. A new four-room school was built <br /> in xx on Thomas Street between Main and Depot streets.It <br /> burned in 1882.it was replaced with alive-room school on the <br /> same site. The Italianate style building had two hipped-roofed <br /> wings and paired segmental-arched windows.A later addition <br /> was made to the rear.A tall bell tower rested atop the central <br /> bay.69 <br /> The school block included a small pond set in a deep bowl.The <br /> pond was filled for an athletic field in 1921-22.By 1926 a <br /> regulation football field and running track were installed.In <br /> 1939 and 1940 the National Youth Administration hired local <br /> workers to construct stone retaining walls,a warming house, <br /> and tarred path to the floor of the stadium.The Elkhi Stadium <br /> was dedicated in 1940.It has continued to serve as a spot for <br /> sliding and skating.' <br /> A two-story brick high school was completed on this block in <br /> 1929-30. It is now an elementary school. <br /> • <br /> Elk River Historic Contexts Study Draft 5/2002 <br /> 36 <br />