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Building History

The Fairmount Park Elementary School #1 opened on 09/07/1955, serving an overflow of students from three nearby schools. Carolyn Marr and Niles Thompson observed in their 2002 study on the history of the Seattle Public School System: "The school was quickly assembled just off Fauntleroy Way to relieve crowded conditions at the triangle of schools that surrounded it: Jefferson to the northwest, Gatewood to the southwest, and High Point to the southeast. The adjacent property to the north was acquired by the parks department. The site of both school and park had been swampy land with alder trees, blackberry bushes, nettles, and mosquitoes—the remains of a once thriving pioneer sawmill. (See Nile Thompson and Carolyn J. Marr, "Seattle Public Schools, 1862-2000: Fairmount Park Elementary School," HistoryLink.org, Building for Learning: Seattle Public School Histories, 1862-2000 [Seattle: Seattle Public Schools, 2002]). For its entire nine years of service, prefabricated portable classrooms comprised the school. It was originally considered an annex to Jefferson Elementary, but became an independent operation by 1957. It closed in 06/1964, and was succeeded by a new, permanent Fairmount Elementary at 3800 SW Findlay Street that opened that fall.

PCAD id: 19894