Greenvale School
{{Short description|Former public school in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia}}
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| name = Greenvale School
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| caption = Greenvale School building (photo c. 21st century)
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| established = 1891 (wooden), 1915 (brick)
| closed = 1980
| type = Kindergarten to Secondary school
| principal = Various (see article)
| grades = K–12
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| area = Dartmouth
| campus = Rural
| enrollment =
| gender = Co-educational (from 1891)
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| address = 130 Ochterloney Street
| location = Dartmouth
| province= Nova Scotia
| country= Canada
| free_label = Architect
| free_text = Andrew R. Cobb (1915)
| free_label2 = Architectural style
| free_text2 = Beaux-Arts
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| designation1 = Nova Scotia
| designation1_type = Municipally Registered Property
| designation1_date = July 21, 1988}}
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Greenvale School was a Canadian public school located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
History
"Greenvale," the former property of David Falconer in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, was listed for sale in 1889 after his passing.{{cite news|title=For Sale or To Let|newspaper=The Halifax Herald|date=January 30, 1889|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/774466714/?match=1&terms=Greenvale%20School|access-date=2025-06-11}} Greenvale School, an educational institution, was built by John T. Walker on the same site and opened on May 1, 1891.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Story_of_Dartmouth/wDZUtAEACAAJ?hl=en|title=The Story of Dartmouth|date=1957|publisher=J. Martin|website=books.google.ca|access-date=2025-02-27}}
The early teachers included Vice Principal Miss E. Hume, Miss M. Hamilton, Miss B. Hume, and Miss J. Findlay.{{cite news|title=Dartmouth News Notes|newspaper=The Halifax Herald|date=October 20, 1892|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/774583259/?match=1&terms=Greenvale%20School|access-date=2025-06-11}}
Plans for an addition were introduced in 1894, and by October, Greenvale School's second storey—serving grades 4 and 5 and the high school—was completed.{{cite news|title=Dartmouth News Notes|newspaper=The Halifax Herald|date=October 4, 1894|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/774472924/?match=1&terms=Greenvale%20School|access-date=2025-06-11}} The wooden building housed nine classrooms, among them domestic science and kindergarten.{{cite news|title=Dartmouth Has Heavy Loss By Fire|newspaper=The Evening Mail|date=January 29, 1914|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/776232777/?match=1&terms=Greenvale%20School%20kindergarten|access-date=2025-06-11}} Canada's earliest kindergarten class was established at Greenvale School.
The original Greenvale School, Dartmouth's largest at the time, was destroyed by fire in January 1914, displacing 459 students.{{cite news|title=Large School Burned In Dartmouth|newspaper=The Evening Mail|date=January 29, 1914|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/776232961/?match=1&terms=Greenvale%20School|access-date=2025-06-11}} As a result of the Greenvale fire, other schools had to adjust their teaching staff and session schedules.{{cite web|url=https://legacycontent.halifax.ca/archives/DartAnnReps/documents/101-1m-1914.pdf|title=Town of Dartmouth|website=legacycontent.halifax.ca|access-date=2025-06-11}} The Board of School Commissioners in Dartmouth approved the construction of its first brick school buildings.
The new brick school, built in 1915, was a five-storey Beaux Arts Revival-style structure by prominent local architect Andrew R. Cobb.{{cite web|url=https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3366|title=Greenvale School|website=historicplaces.ca|access-date=2025-06-11}} This was among the first two Dartmouth schools not constructed of wood.{{cite web|url=https://www.dartmouthheritagemuseum.ns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/FindlayCentre-HeritagePropertyNomination-updated-4May2020-DonovanGrayCox.pdf|title=Findlay Community Centre Heritage Registration Nomination ...|website=dartmouthheritagemuseum.ns.ca|access-date=2025-06-11}} It was formally opened on May 10, 1915. Speeches were given by a number of prominent citizens interested in schoolwork, the chairman and members of the school board, and the mayor and members of the town council. At the time, it was one of the most modern schools in Nova Scotia.{{cite news|title=New Greenvale School Formal Opening|newspaper=The Evening Mail|date=May 5, 1915|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/776432858/?match=1&terms=Greenvale%20School|access-date=2025-06-11}}
After being damaged in the 1917 Halifax Explosion, Greenvale was promptly repaired and reopened. Alongside Edgemere House, it served as one of two temporary mortuary sites for Dartmouth residents killed in the explosion.{{cite web|url=https://htnsarchived.ca/pdf_Griffin/2017/Griffin-Vol42.4-Dec2017.pdf|title=The Griffin - Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia|date=2017|website=htnsarchived.ca|access-date=2025-06-11}}
The building was transferred to the former City of Dartmouth by the Dartmouth School Board in February 1987. It was listed in the Canadian Register of Historic Places on July 21, 1988.
Greenvale School was converted into a multiple-unit building known as the Greenvale Lofts.{{cite web|url=https://legacycontent.halifax.ca/council/agendasc/documents/070130ca1021.pdf|title=130 Ochterloney Street Dartmouth (former Greenvale School ...|website=legacycontent.halifax.ca|access-date=2025-06-11}}
Principals
References
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See also
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Category:Former schools in Nova Scotia
Category:Buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Category:1915 establishments in Nova Scotia
Category:Educational institutions established in 1915