Phoenix School
| Address: | 111 Alboro Street, Headingley |
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| Current Use: | Education |
| Original Use: | Education |
| Constructed: | 1963 |
| Other Work: | Possibly an addition in 1965 |
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When this small elementary school was first built in 1963, Headingley did not function so much as a suburb but as a small and separate community, raising taxes and making independent decisions; it has since joined the St. James-Assiniboia School Division.
Design Characteristics
- Not far off the main road, Roblin Boulevard, Phoenix School was initially only ten classrooms in size with plans for an auditorium/gym that had to come later (possibly in 1965), constructed from a wood frame and deck, concrete block partitions and a brick face; it is one storey high resting nearly at grade
- The earliest section can be seen clearly with its full windows across the front (east) elevation; the canopied front entrance straddles the two older sections of the east side
- The yard contains a play structure and fields that give way to some woods