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1. Name a School Volker: Van Horn Designation Is Changed by Board Name a School Volker: Van Horn Designation Is Changed by Board February 6, 1948 Article about the change in "name of the Van Horn school, 3715 Wyoming street" to "the William Volker school as a tribute to Kansas City's educational-minded benefactor," located "within a block of the...
2. Q.: Didn't There Used to Be a Grade School Named Van Horn? Q.: Didn't There Used to Be a Grade School Named Van Horn? November 12, 1995 The first school named for Col. Robert T. Van Horn was a two-room schoolhouse at 40th and Wyoming streets. It was built in 1900 and named for Van Horn in 1906. A new 14-room school was built in 1913 at...
3. Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p492 Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p492 1909-1950 A portion of Kansas City from Roanoke Road south to W. 39th Street and from Wyoming Avenue east to Valentine Road, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page...
4. Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p854 Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p854 1917-1957 A portion of the Intercity District between Kansas City, Missouri, and Independence, Missouri, from E. 11th Street south to E. 14th Street and from Glenwood Avenue east to Ralston Avenue, showing buildings,...
5. The Dream Is Realized: Planning for Van Horn School Is Recalled at Dedication The Dream Is Realized: Planning for Van Horn School Is Recalled at Dedication October/8/1955 Article announcing the opening ceremonies of the new Van Horn High School at Truman and Arlington Avenues in the "Intercity" area between Kansas City and Independence.
6. Van Horn School Van Horn School n.d. Full, exterior street level view of Van Horn Elementary School. Assumed to be the original building located at 40th and Wyoming. School was annexed in 1904 and was called Mellier Place School before it...
7. Van Horn School Van Horn School n.d. Street corner view of the original Van Horn School located at 40th and Wyoming.
8. Van Horn School Van Horn School n.d. Full, exterior side view of Van Horn School located at 3715 Wyoming. Children can be seen outside in playground area.
9. Van Horn School Van Horn School n.d. Full, exterior view of Van Horn School located at 3715 Wyoming. Probably view of new building dedicated in 1913. Named for Robert T. Van Horn, early Kansas City pioneer.
10. Van Horn School Classroom Van Horn School Classroom n.d. Interior view of an unidentified classroom at Van Horn School.
11. Van Horn School Kindergarten Van Horn School Kindergarten ca1940 Interior view of students participating in classroom activities at the Van Horn School kindergarten.
12. Van Horn School Kindergarten Class Van Horn School Kindergarten Class circa 1913 Interior view of a a kindergarten class at Van Horn School. Room is identified as the assembly hall. Students are not identified. This photo appears in the "Forty-Second Annual Report of the Board of Directors...
13. Van Horn School Playground Van Horn School Playground n.d. View of a portion of Van Horn School with an expansive view of the school's playground and equipment. Located at 3715 Wyoming.
14. Van Horn School Playground Van Horn School Playground n.d. Exterior view of the playground at Van Horn School located at 3715 Wyoming.
15. Van Horn School Principal Van Horn School Principal n.d. Exterior view of two women and a child. Identified on the back of the photograph as Miss Short on the left and Miss Lida Harvey on the right, Principal of Van Horn School.
16. Volker School Volker School Information on the history of the William Volker school at 3715 Wyoming Street, starting out as Melior Place at 40th and Wyoming Streets about 1889, then known as the Van Horn school (an elementary school...