Places

Luxton School

Address:111 Polson Avenue
Constructed:

1907–1908

Other Work:

1915, 1988

Architects:
  • J B Mitchell (1915)
  • Stechesen Katz (1988)

Photographs

More Information

Luxton was the first school to utilise a modern and safer layout – a wide central hallway with rooms along each side. Previous schools were boxy and three-storeys while the new design was two-storeys with horizontal massing and sprawled out on its large lot.

Design Characteristics

Neighbourhood:

The North End