Lost Hutchinson: Pendergast School

The brick Pendergast School replaced the earlier wooden Pendergast Academy. It was larger and featured a strong looking Beaux Arts style.

Constructed: 1898
Dec. 2, 1898 Leader headline: “New school building. A well built, substantial structure.”

Location: The building was in North Park on Glen Street. The Leader described its location at the time. “The building stands in the public park at the head of First Avenue and faces the east, standing out in plain view from Main Street. The main entrance is on the east side and there is also another entrance on to the playgrounds on the north.”

Torn down: Dec. 27 to 31, 1937

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Pendergast School above is part of a 20-week series of Lost Hutchinson buildings. Watch the Tuesday print edition for more information about the Pendergast School. If any readers have other photos, renderings or information about this building, please post them here or send them to: Hutchinson Leader, 36 Washington Ave. W., Hutchinson, MN 55350.

A collection of information published in the Lost Hutchinson series as well as reader submitted photos and remembrances will be published in a magazine later this year.

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