Historic Sites of Manitoba: Archie School No. 744 (RM of Wallace-Woodworth)

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The Archie School District was established formally in March 1893 and a one-room schoolhouse operated in the northeast quarter of 8-13-29W, on land donated by Hugh Kirby Sr. Closed between 1946 and 1948 due to insuffient student enrollment, it closed permanently in June 1968. The building was later moved to the Manitoba Antique Automobile Museum.

Among the teachers of Archie School was Miss Lucey, Clara Rasmussen, Annie Harry, Marion iSolly, Kathleen Winters, Erette Lund, Betty Kirbyson, Mrs. Nellie Rogers, Dora Dick, Mrs. Milfred Campbell, Beth Smith, and Lorraine Scott (1967-1968).

Archie School (no date) by W. R. Beveridge Source: Archives of Manitoba, School Inspectors Photographs, GR8461, A0233, C131-1, page 118. The former Archie School building at the Manitoba Antique Auto Museum (May 2013) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.09202, W101.40210 denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Antique Automobile Museum (Elkhorn, RM of Wallace-Woodworth)

Sources:

One Hundred Years in the History of the Rural Schools of Manitoba: Their Formation, Reorganization and Dissolution (1871-1971) by Mary B. Perfect, MEd thesis, University of Manitoba, April 1978.

Steel and Grass Roots, 1882-1981 by Elkhorn and District Historical Society, 1982, pages 91-92.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 July 2025

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