The History of
Denver Public Schools
District No. 21
Old records indicate that District No. 21 was established around September 8, 1873. The district built a small frame school in 1873. Later, a small school ws erected at West 13th and Grove Streets, and a two story brick school was built at 9th and Grove Streets in 1874 near the future site of the Villa Park School, which would be built in 1891.
Following the opening of Villa Park School, a one-room frame school was built in 1892 at 9th and Irving Streets. On the other side of the district, a small building was erected in 1884 at West Colfax and Tennyson and was known as Sloan's Lake School. Three years later a new building, on the same site, became the Glen Park School.
District No. 98
District No. 98 was the Berkeley area of North Denver. The first school was a residence at 5101 Meade. A second school, again in a residence, was located at 4849 Newton Street and functioned from 1890-1893. Later, the district built Berkeley School, which was subsequently renamed Berkeley Annex School and was located at 51st and Lowell Streets.
