Belmont School, 1904-1997
Photo: Alan Draves
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Belmont School, 1904-1997 Photo: Alan Draves |
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Phoenix School, 1998 Photo: Alan Draves |
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Old Belmont School, 1904-1997. This was the oldest school building in Grand Forks still in use. It was torn down in October 1997 because of flood damage. |
 Old Belmont School Photo: Alan Draves |
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The temporary Belmont School was built in August 1997.
On New Years Day, 1998, fire destroyed part of this building. The first, second, and third
grade classrooms were destroyed, along with the kitchen, lunchroom, and computer lab.
Classes at Belmont continued using other rooms not destroyed by the fire, until the
damaged rooms were replaced. The students and teachers of Belmont School received many
donations to help them recover from the fire. Thank you to everyone who helped.
Grand Forks Herald articles about the fire: |
 Temporary Belmont School a week before the fire. Photo: Alan Draves
Photo: Brian Moe |
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The new school, Phoenix Elementary, built on the site of the old Belmont School, serves students from both
Belmont and Lincoln schools. Lincoln School served the Lincoln Drive neighborhood
and was also torn down because of flood damage. Phoenix School opened for classes in August, 1998, although work on parts of the building was not completed until November,1998. Belmont School (page created by Belmont students, May 1998) |
 New school, December 1998. Photo: Alan Draves |
More Belmont and Phoenix School Photos (Includes photos of construction of Phoenix Elementary)
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