Historic Sites of Manitoba: Kingsley School No. 221 (1884-1968)

Kingsley School was established in 1884 on NE26-4-10 west of the Principal Meridian in the Rural Municipality of Louise. The present one-room brick structure was constructed in 1907. It closed in July 1968 and its remaining students went to LaRiviere Consolidated School No. 516, Richard Consolidated School No. 1092, or Swan Lake Consolidated School No. 345. As of late 2011, the building was still standing at its original site but showed some structural damage to its exterior brick walls. Its interior appeared to be in good repair.

Kingsley School (no date) by G. G. Neufeld Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 77. Kingsley School (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Exterior structural damage in Kingsley School building (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Interior of Kingsley School building (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Basement of Kingsley School building (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Location (lat/long): N49.33858, W98.70417 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.

Information for this page was collected and prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 9 July 2012

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