Pine Bend Elementary School

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Title

Subject

Pine Bend

Description

Materials related to Pine Bend Elementary School and its predecessors, Dakota County Common School District #10 (Lake Park School) and Common School District #21 (Pine Bend School), before it became Independent School District #21 and then ISD #199 in 1957.

The two schools that became Pine Bend:

Lake Park School (#10): located just across present-day Inver Grove Trail northeast of the current Pine Bend Elementary, the one-room schoolhouse has been renovated and converted to a single-family home. Little other than the foundation remains original to the building, build sometime around 1880.
Pine Bend School (#21): located in the southeast corner of the present-day Pine Bend Cemetery, this brick building was made obsolete by the construction of the present-day Pine Bend in 1958 and demolished around 1969.

Pine Bend School was completed in 1958, including six classrooms, office space, a boiler room, and a combination gymnasium, cafeteria, and auditorium. Following a period of expansion, stagnant enrollment led the district to close Pine Bend in 1974, renting the gymnasium to the Minnesota National Guard while using the offices for the ISD 199 superintendent and staff. The building was renovated, expanded, and reopened in 1991 and remains in use as of 2024.

Date

1880-2024

Coverage

Pine Bend Elementary

Collection Items

Composite class photograph, Pine Bend Elementary grades 5-6, 1958-59

A composite photograph of the Pine Bend Elementary School combined fifth and sixth grade class from the 1958-1959 school year (the first year the new Pine Bend School had been opened).

1993 Pine Bend Elementary School Yearbook

The yearbook for the 1992-93 school year at Pine Bend Elementary School, in its second year since reopening in fall 1991. Included are photographs of staff, students, and school life.

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