Historic Sites of Manitoba: Altona Collegiate / West Park School (83 Third Street NW, Altona)

This school at Altona was constructed between 1955 and 1956 to accommodate the town's burgeoning high school enrollment. Known as the Altona Collegiate, the building contained eight classrooms, a commercial room, home economics room, manual training shop, physics and chemistry lab, library, office, and gymnasium. In 1966, it was replaced by W. C. Miller Collegiate and the building was converted for use by elementary grades.

Entrance to West Park School

Entrance to West Park School (October 2023)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.10582, W97.56331
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: W. C. Miller Collegiate (181 Sixth Street SE, Altona)

Sources:

Altona: The Story of a Prairie Town by Esther Epp-Tiessen, 1982, pages 242-243.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 October 2023

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