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1905
The first site for the Daniel Bagley School was purchased in 1903 from Thomas Dawson. The Dawson family had planted a large fruit orchard on the site, which had a stream with rainbow trout.
The first school buildings, shown to the right, were initially called the Allen Annex and were used from 1905 to 1907.
The Allen Annex was located at the southwest corner at what is now Dave's Aurora Transmission, by Woodland Park Avenue N (now Aurora Avenue N) and N 79th Street.
March 27, 1906
The school was renamed in honor of Reverend Daniel Bagley, abolitionist, manager of the Newcastle coal mine, and "father of the University of Washington".
1907
In 1907, a new school building with eight classrooms was constructed. Designed by Seattle School District architect James Stephan, it closely resembled his work for the Latona ( now John Stanford) and Hay schools.
Like the Allen Annex, it faced west on Woodland Park (later Aurora) Avenue. The K-8 program opened with 219 students and five teachers.
The 1907 building consisted of eight classrooms with a wide hall on each floor. The upper hall was used as an assembly room. Two large basement rooms served as playrooms. Pupils who lived too far away to go home for lunch sat on benches along the walls to eat. The playground was very difficult to use at times because it got very muddy in damp weather.
1930
The third and present Bagley school building was opened seventy-five years ago in 1930.
Daniel Bagley is Seattle School District architect Floyd Naramore's only experiment with Art Deco styling, resulting in the whimsical cast stone ornamentation that graces the school.
This 1930 school building, at 7821 Stone Avenue North, faces east towards a quiet residential neighborhood with the proud, dignified facades common in Naramore's school designs. The "new" Bagley school is a twenty-classroom brick building with a lunchroom, auditorium, gymnasium, kindergarten, nurse and teachers' room, office, and stockroom. The playground was the city's largest playground for an elementary school, and had two indoor covered recreation areas. Five portable buildings were eventually added, when the population reached 834 as a K-6 school.
The 1907 school building was torn down in 1930 and in 1947 the Chubby and Tubby variety store was built on the former school site.
Dedicated to the 10,000+ alumni, teachers, and staff of Daniel Bagley School.
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Seattle Public Schools, 204-63
1905: Allen School Annex, the first school buildings on what will become the
site of Daniel Bagley School. Two teachers instructed children in grades 1-4. (Click for a 190kB image.)
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Seattle Public Schools, 204-66
1907- 1930: Daniel Bagley School. This building was designed by James Stephan and had 8 classrooms. Note the old gravel pit just to the left of the school. (Click for a 732kB image.)
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Seattle Public Schools, 204-61
1930 - Present: Daniel Bagley School, designed by Floyd Naramore. The playground was the city's largest for an elementary school, and has two indoor covered recreation areas. (Click for a 1.7MB image.)
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