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Then and Now: East Front and Gladstone

Don Smith by Don Smith
June 26, 2016
in Columns, Leisure & Lifestyle
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Then&Now

This Thursday, Cornwall’s East Front and Gladstone Public schools are opening their doors to the community for a Farewell stroll down memory lane. The two schools are about to merge into one under the banner of Bridgewood on Nick Kaneb Drive in the City’s east end.

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Gladstone first opened its Baldwin Avenue doors (site of a medical centre today) in 1897 to students of the school in Anderson’s Ferry. In 1935, the single classroom was split in two and a second teacher was hired. 1941 saw the addition of another room. With continued growth, an army barracks was re-purposed for additional space. In 1953 a replacement school was built on the current McConnell Avenue site, which had been the southeast corner ofthe Cornwall Basic Army Training Centre #31 (1940-44) on a section of the former Dingwall Estate.

East Front also started out as a one room schoolhouse in 1934 on the former Anderson property (Cornwall Township until 1957). The front core was added in 1945. A new gymnasium and two additional classrooms came about in 1991.

Both schools have long histories and no doubt will continue to be fondly remembered by the community.

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  • Don Smith
    Don Smith

    Don is a hometown photojournalist and videographer who creates content pertaining to a number of topics, notably good news, local history and social justice. Professionally he is the Manager & Associate Curator of the Cornwall Community Museum in Cornwall's waterfront park.

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