Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

Grasmere Heights School, Curdes and Ralston Avenues, Fort Wayne, Indiana by Bradley, Le Roy, architect, Publication date 1936 on Archive.org.
"These plans certified May 25th 1936." "Comm. no. 363." Instances of the text "Grasmere Heights" on sheet 1 struck in pencil and replaced with "Slocum." Bound with a single sheet of heavy paper folded to allow a 4 cm remainder on front and back of the quire, secured with five staples through the binding strip and the 13 leaves.
Discussed November 15, 2023 and February 3, 2025 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.

Frances Slocum Elementary School in Fort Wayne, Indiana from its inception in 1937 to its closure in 1981 Street View photo from Google Maps.

Frances Slocum Elementary School PTA Membership Records, Fort Wayne, Indiana at The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The school is now the Brightpoint Slocum Pointe Affordable Housing Community referral agreement with Turnstone with Slocum Pointe at New Generation Management. [ Turnstone is the located is at the former William Penn House location ]

Slocum Pointe sign shown in a Street View photo from Google Maps

Named for Frances Slocum the Quaker girl taken by Indians from Pennsylvania to Indiana in 1778. The school was at 2529 Curdes Avenue opened in 1925 in portable classrooms as Grassmere Heights, then in a new building in 1936 as Frances Slocum, then closed in 1981.

1. There is a Frances Slocum Elementary School Alumni, Fort Wayne Indiana Facebook group
2. Frances Slocum Neighborhood on Facebook.
3. Newspaper articles Apartments eyed for former Slocum school Developers seeking approval for affordable housing plan by Rosa Salter Rodriguez May 24, 2018 and Slocum apartments OK'd over objections Dave Gong June 19, 2018 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.

#TBT Grasmere Heights in 1931. Does anyone know about this one? Two portable classrooms were put up in 1925 at the...

Posted by Fort Wayne Community Schools on Thursday, July 31, 2014

July 31, 2014 post by Fort Wayne Community Schools on Facebook:

#TBT Grasmere Heights in 1931. Does anyone know about this one? Two portable classrooms were put up in 1925 at the corner of Curdes Ave. and Rolston St. The school was replaced by Frances Slocum School, which opened in 1937.

Frances Slocum School in 1936. The original school on Curdes Ave. was called Grasmere Heights and was made up of portable classrooms. The new building was dedicated in 1937 and closed in 1981. #TBT

Posted by Fort Wayne Community Schools on Thursday, September 3, 2015

September 3, 2015 post by Fort Wayne Community Schools on Facebook:

Frances Slocum School in 1936. The original school on Curdes Ave. was called Grasmere Heights and was made up of portable classrooms. The new building was dedicated in 1937 and closed in 1981. #TBT

Frances Slocum Elementary School on Curdes Ave. on a snowy day in 1957, 20 years after it opened. #TBT

Posted by Fort Wayne Community Schools on Thursday, January 25, 2018

January 25, 2018 post by Fort Wayne Community Schools on Facebook:

Frances Slocum Elementary School on Curdes Ave. on a snowy day in 1957, 20 years after it opened. #TBT

Frances Slocum Elementary School, which was built at 2529 Curdes Ave. in 1936. At the time of its opening, Benjamin F....

Posted by Fort Wayne Community Schools on Thursday, October 14, 2021

October 14, 2021 post by Fort Wayne Community Schools on Facebook:

Frances Slocum Elementary School, which was built at 2529 Curdes Ave. in 1936. At the time of its opening, Benjamin F. Geyer was President of the Board of School Trustees, Merle J. Abbett was Superintendent and Mable K. Holland was Director of Elementary Grades. All three would later have schools named in their honor. #TBT

— with Scott Derrow and Barbara Hayes.