Classes, Sports, Trophies, & Buildings
Schools
School Classes
Image: Zumbrota Second Grade 1929-1930, (Onsite notebook gives names.)
NOTE: For the names of all graduates from 1887-1956 and all faculty from 1856-1956, see Zumbrota--The First One Hundred Years 1856-1956, pages 157-168. For graduates 1957- 2006 and names of faculty by decades, see Zumbrota--The Next Fifty Years 1956-2006, in the Section on Zumbrota Schools, pages 180-223.
School Sports
Image: Girls' Basketball 1909 (Onsite notebook gives names.)
Also of interest: the 92-page manuscipt School History (with emphasis on sports) by Wayne Anderson 2006.
Then: For additional interesting details about specific games in various sports not found anywhere else, see the Feature Section, pages 255 onward in Zumbrota The First One Hundred Years 1856-1956.
School Trophies
Image: Football Champs 1960 (Digital record gives names.)
FYI: It should be noted that when Zumbrota District 260 consolidated, in order to promote unity, they archived all previous trophies and awards, and the new district began accumulating its own honors. The archived items are on display at the History Center.
School Buildings
Image: First School
Located on the corner of East Avenue and 3rd Street. Built for $2,900, the 24' high, 30' wide, 50' long structure was shaped like a barn with hipped roof and one room on each of the two stories.
Image: Second School (before addition)
Located on NE corner of Mill Street and 4th Street. Built 1870 with four rooms, it originally had a white exterior.
Image: Burning Second School: July 5, 1897
Image: Third School
Dubbed "the castle," or "the 1897 school," it occupied the block between West 4th and 5th Streets and Mill Street where the second school had been located.
Image: Fourth School
The new high school (with various preschool sections and athletic fields), originally built along the east side of Mill Street in 1963.
NOTE: Most photos and lists have been reproduced from staff-assembled notebooks by specific topic, mostly of scanned archival photographs, with corresponding identities and/or additional information where possible. Content is added if new is received. Latest versions are searchable at the History Center. However, IF YOU CAN'T COME IN, and if you would like a copy of anything you see here, or the additional information on file, please email or call in your request. Copies probably would be returned by email.