“Garfield School (Boise, Idaho)”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

A school had existed in South Boise from 1873, and the building was approximately one mile east of the present site of Garfield School. The wood frame building was heated by a potbelly stove which caused a fire that destroyed the school in 1889. In 1890 the first Garfield School was constructed at the corner of Broadway and Barber Road (Boise Avenue), and it was named for recently assassinated President Garfield. The name was chosen by J.H. Gallaher in exchange for his donation of a school bell. Garfield School was replaced by a brick school, also named Garfield, in 1899.^[3]^[4] The 1890 and 1899 Garfield Schools were constructed on land originally known as the Ryan Homestead, later owned by Gallaher, and the schools were part of the Gallaher Addition.^[5] Garfield School was a stop on the 1905 Interurban Railway.^[6]

In 1927 enrollment was 264 students at Garfield School, and in 1928 enrollment topped 300 students.^[7] By 1928 more than 100 children were transported from South Boise to schools north of the Boise River, partly because of overcrowded conditions at Garfield, and the school district had already begun construction of Whitney School and had begun an expansion of Lowell School.^[8]

The architectural firm of Tourtellotte & Hummel was awarded the design contract for a new South Boise school to be built across Broadway Avenue from Garfield, and their plans included a 2-story, 8-classroom building with a basement auditorium. The building was designed to enable future expansion.^[9] The South Boise parent teacher association (PTA) was given naming rights, and after some discussion the PTA chose the name, "Garfield." Contractor J.O. Jordan & Sons received the construction contract.^[10] The new building was completed in January, 1930, and it opened with an enrollment of 365 students, but the school district continued to rely on the old building for classrooms, lunch room, and music room.^[11]

The two buildings became known informally as old Garfield and new Garfield.^[12] In 1949 new Garfield was expanded with 13 additional classrooms, new offices, and a new auditorium. J.O. Jordan & Sons received the building contract.^[13] A plan to demolish old Garfield, realign Garfield Street, and build a city park near new Garfield was advanced by the school board in 1950.^[14] Old Garfield was demolished later that year, although a city park was not constructed.^[15]

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2. ^The nomination form had not been digitized by March 2019. A copy of the nomination, contained in the Boise Public Schools Thematic Group and listed as Site 9, is on file at the Merle W. Wells Research Center at Idaho State Archives in Boise. {{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=82000204}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Garfield School |publisher=National Park Service|author= |date= |accessdate=March 13, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=82000204|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}}
3. ^{{cite news |title=Old Garfield School Building Yields to New After 51 Years Service to Boise Youngsters |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=March 5, 1950 |page=27}}
4. ^Carrie M. Gekeler was a teacher at the new Garfield School, and Gekeler Lane is named for her pioneer family. {{cite news |title=Chosen as Teachers |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=June 30, 1898 |page=6}}
5. ^{{cite news |title=Wrecking of Galaher House in South Boise Recalls the Dances of Horse and Buggy Days |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=March 4, 1928 |page=9}}
6. ^{{cite news |title=South Boise was, for a time, a community apart from the capital city |author=Anna Webb |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=June 23, 2013}}
7. ^{{cite news |title=Garfield School Has Increased Enrollment |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=September 8, 1928 |page=4}}
8. ^{{cite news |title=School to Rise in South Boise |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=March 17, 1929 |page=1}}
9. ^{{cite news |title=Official Notice |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=June 13, 1929 |page=14}}
10. ^{{cite news |title=Contractor's Bid on New School Meets Approval |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=June 22, 1929 |page=5}}
11. ^{{cite news |title=Garfield School Opens with Attendance of 365 |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=January 26, 1930 |page=9}}
12. ^{{cite news |title=Board Offers Park School to Purchaser |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=June 14, 1949 |page=5}}
13. ^{{cite news |title=Builder Named for Garfield School Project |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=April 12, 1949 |page=7}}
14. ^{{cite news |title=Plan Outlined for New Park in South Boise |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=May 16, 1950 |page=16}}
15. ^{{cite news |title=The Old Comes Down (photos) |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=June 26, 1950 |page=7}}

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