McCauley School

9538 107 Ave, Edmonton

This 12 room school opened in 1912.  The three–storey, Tudor-Gothic style building was designed by school board architect G.E. Turner and built by contractors Pheasey and Batson for a cost of $93,800.  Among the features of the building are the red pressed brick and Bedford stone mullioned façade with a crennelated roof line, decorative shield embellishments, separate entrances for boys and girls, polished granite hallway floors, leaded windows and original fireproof metal staircases.  The grouped windows provided plenty of natural light, and each classroom was provided with its own cloakroom.  There were manual training and domestic science rooms in the basement, a spacious library on the second floor and an assembly hall with a skylight on the third floor.  The assembly hall served as the gymnasium until the new gymnasium was added in 1961.

The school was named after Matthew McCauley, the first Mayor of the Town of Edmonton, and a MLA in the first Alberta Legislature.  McCauley championed the cause of education, raising money through subscription to build Edmonton’s first one room school.  He was a member of the first Edmonton Public Board of School Trustees (1881), and was the first Edmonton School Board chairman.

- Edmonton Historical Board

SEE MORE:

"Three historic schools facing closure" by Lawrence Herzog
It's Our Heritage | Vol. 28 No. 16  | April 22, 2010

Designation & Awards

Edmonton Historical Board Plaque Award

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Audra Betts - 09 Feb 2023

To the edmontonmapsheritage.ca administrator, Your posts are always well-written and easy to understand.

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Gus venetsianos - 10 Feb 2023

I Will Miss McCauley school.

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Gus - 11 Feb 2023

I remember my Grade 9 Graduation at McCauley school

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Gus - 11 Feb 2023

I remember the good Old times at McCauley school

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Gus - 13 Feb 2023

I remember Grade 9 camping trip at McCauley school

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Gus venetsianos - 16 Feb 2023

I think it’s sad that McCauley school is colsed one ☝️ thing I will Miss about McCauley school is the teacher 👩‍🏫

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Donald Bennett - 20 Apr 2023

I remember spending a few months attending school at McAuley. I was in the 6th grade And my teachers were Mrs hurrel and Mrs Piazetski. They were some of the best teachers I've ever had. I also made some pretty great friends while I was there. I would move to reconnect with some of them

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