Benjamin Drew

ID: 798
This file appears in: Benjamin Drew Elementary
Benjamin Drew

The Drew School was named for Benjamin Drew, a pioneer civic leader with a long involvement in education. He was Saint Paul's superintendent of schools in 1859. Drew also served on the school board and as a state senator.

Photographer: W.S. Robbins & Co.

Date: 1858

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…