The former Wilkinson School, on Arsenal in the Ellendale neighborhood, is under contract and will be redeveloped into apartments and mixed use, St. Louis aldermen Scott Ogilvie posted on Twitter Tuesday.
St. Louis Public Schools had listed it for sale at $602,500 and now says it’s under contract.
Also according to the school district: “Wilkinson School was dedicated on January 3, 1928. It was designed by R.M. Milligan and named for merchant Melville Wilkinson (1865-1925). This property is currently under contract with plans to be developed into affordable housing for teachers.”
After a decade of vacancy, Wilkinson School in Ellendale Neighborhood poised for redevelopment into 37 apartments, with new mixed use office & apartment building (8 more units) on south lot, via Advantes Group. Sale should close next month: pic.twitter.com/rsKCbN6dAt
— Scott Ogilvie (@ScottOgilvieSTL) November 13, 2018
If it is affordable housing for teachers, will it have a lunch room and craft room? I can smell the chalk already! Glad they are refurbishing the building instead of razing it!
I’m pleased to read it’s to be affordable for teachers. They need all the help they can get.
Sooo very happy to hear this school will be repurposed.
Great news. So happy it will be rehabilitated & put to good use again. Man, I’d love to see inside before the renovation!
That’s great, my Elementary school in Webster Groves, Goodall was converted 20 + years ago a great way to repurpose, the architecture of old schools are so interesting and inspiring.. my kids late 20’s love that.. more rehabs need to be done
I worked on a house in that neighborhood maybe 10 or 15 years ago and remember hearing the kids outside playing at recess, the school busses loading and unloading kids. Just a couple of weeks ago I was wondering how long it was going to stay vacant and if it was still not too deteriorated. Glad to see it being put to use.