Drew School

ID: 797
This file appears in: Benjamin Drew Elementary
Drew School

Drew School was a neighborhood school and is remembered fondly by former students. Its wide, sunny windowsills often held teachers' plants. Teachers at Drew tended to stay there for much of their careers.

Photographer: Haynes' Photo Studio

Date: 1895-96

Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: Benjamin Drew Elementary

By Jane McClure
Ryan Park, at Thomas Avenue and Avon Street, was until 1974 the site of Benjamin Drew Elementary School. Benjamin Drew Elementary School was designed by prolific and prominent Saint Paul architect Clarence Johnston. It was known as one of Johnston’s…