Archives Closed Schools G-J: Garland Avenue School

Other Name: Stephen Foster Elementary School

Last Address: 41st and Garland streets

Year Opened: 1915

Year Closed: 1917

The school provided grades 1-6.  In 1917 the school was renamed in honor of composer Stephen Foster.  Foster used the building until 2001 when it moved to a new school building.  The old school building was sold to developers who converted it to a low income senior housing complex.