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Readers of the ATA Magazine are asked to help with the establishment of a visual archive of the province’s early country schools. Many of these historic buildings are abandoned and deteriorating. Before time, neglect and the elements claim them completely, it is hoped that a photographic record can be compiled.
You can help
- Let us know the whereabouts of these buildings. All that is required is a simple description using highway numbers referenced to a nearby village or range road and township coordinates.
- Tell us what you know about the buildings (school names, current uses, original locations, if they have been moved, and their history).
- If possible, provide a photograph. Photos can be on print film or electronic.
- Send information to Tim Johnston, Editor, The ATA Magazine, by post, telephone or e-mail (tim.johnston@ata.ab.ca).
Hampton School, S.D. No. 843
Built in 1904 (declared a historic building and restored by the Hampton Community Historical Society)
—Photo by Evelyn Nelson, Ohaton
Chatsworth School
Located on Township Road 514 between Range Roads 72 and 73
Closed in 1953 (currently a home to pigeons)
—Photo by Dorothy Tovell, Edmonton
Ottawa School
Relocated on Township Road 522
Closed in 1950 (currently used for farm storage)
—Photo by Dorothy Tovell
Island Hill School
Located on the southeast corner of Range Road 60 and Township Road 514
(currently used as a community centre)
—Photo by Dorothy Tovell
Queenie Creek School
Located on highway 631, Township Road 530
(slated for demolition)
—Photo by Dorothy Tovell
Beaverdale School, S.D. No. 2332
Originally located 6.5 kilometres northeast of Castor
Built in 1911, closed in 1954
(abandoned)
—Photo by Kathy Weber, Castor
Halkirk School, village of Halkirk
Built in 1922
(closed)
—Photo by Kathy Weber
Fleet School, hamlet of Fleet
Built in 1920, closed in 1959
(relocated east of Fleet, now abandoned)
—Photo by Kathy Weber
Rosetta School, S.D. No. 2071
Originally located 14 kilometres northeast of Castor
Built in 1910, closed in 1955
(used as community centre, moved northwest of Castor and used as a private museum in 2005)
—Photo by Kathy Weber
Lauderdale School, S.D. No. 1523
Originally located 11 kilometres northwest of Castor
Built in 1907, closed in 1955 (currently used as a community centre)
—Photo by Kathy Weber
Amity School
Located near the Village of Strome
(currently used for grain storage)
—Photo by Lucille Horne, Fort Saskatchewan
Haydon School
Located on Range Road 14
—Photo by Lucille Horne
