Peoria Landmark #308
Josh: “Trewyn looking from Laramie”
The official website which claims to have not been updated since May of 2001 is http://peoria.k12.il.us/trewynms/
Trewyn middle school was name after former President of the School Board of Peoria, Dr. Bryant H. Trewyn. You can read his biography {here}.
Peoria Landmark #287
Owned & operated by Peoria Public School District 150. I don’t have much to say about this place, but I did learn that there is another Peoria Stadium down in Arizona that is the spring training host to the Seattle Mariners & San Diego Padres.
Peoria Landmark #274
Formerly CDJ Automotive, now the corner anchor at Frye and Wisconsin to a vast wasteland which will soon become the new Glen Oak School campus.
feldencat Says: “The very first Glen Oak School was located in a frame house at 903 E. Frye Avenue. In 1898, Glen Oak School opened in a three-room frame building at the corner of Atlantic and Republic Streets.”
The web site from which I borrowed this photo says simply “Glen Oak School circa 1885.”
For the record, the current Glen Oak Primary School, whose days are numbered, is located at 809 E. Frye Ave.
For those who like a challenge…
Honestly, I didn’t think anyone would know what this was. “Sam” proved that I should never underestimate my readers.
‘The Old Reservior’ The original reservoir was built in 1890-91 up on Grand Boulevard. Three steam engines at the Main pump house at river level could pump over 7 million gallons of water a day up the hill to the reservoir. Lined with over 870,000 paving bricks, the reservoir could store over 19 million gallons of water and had a maximum depth of 40 feet. When use was discontinued, the steam engines were replaced by electric motors, and the land donated to the Peoria Public School District. The reservoir has since been filled in and is used as athletic fields for adjoining Washington Gifted School.
Picture and text from the CityLink 2001 calendar.