Name: Vose Elementary School
Address: 11350 SW Denney Road
City: Beaverton
Year of Construction: 1960, with expansion in 1962
Architect: James C Gardiner
Original Use: Education (Elementary School)
Status: Demolished
National Register of Historic Places: Not Listed
Description: The Vose Elementary School opened in 1960, to a design by James C Gardiner. The school was named after Mrs Annie Vose, an elementary teacher who taught the nearby McKay School for 32 years. The first phase consisted of eight classrooms, and was described at the time as looking like “a big Easter hat” by a teacher quoted in The Oregonian. A second phase was completed in 1962, and added a further 9 classrooms, as well as a gym and library.
Docomomo Oregon toured the Vose School on June 23rd, 2016, shortly before its demolition.
Further Information
• Vose Elementary’s unusual design causes safety problems; aging facility needs replacing, teachers say at The Oregonian [new window]
• James C Gardiner at Docomomo WEWA [new window]
Drawings (1960)
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Drawings (1962 Expansion)
• Sheet 1
• Sheet 1A
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• Sheet E1
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• Sheet M1
• Sheet M2
• Sheet M3
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