Mary D. Bradford High School - Kenosha, WI

Mary D. Bradford High School as we remember it in 1978....

 



 

 

The annex was the original Kenosha High School built in 1890.  As the city grew, a new school was built across the street which was named after Mary D. Bradford, former superintendent of Kenosha schools, in honor of her many accomplishments.

 



 

The annex was eventually razed in July, 1980; but, the 1890 date stone and builder's stone were saved, and made part of a bench that is located on the northeast corner of the block where the annex once stood.

 



 



 

Scoopin' the loop in downtown K-Town...

 



 

that is until the Southport Mall was put in... and then eventually taken out.

 



 

Bradford's former neighbor, the Kenosha Public Museum... 

 



 

is now the new Dinosaur Discovery Museum.

 



 

And who can forget Simmons Island?!

 



 

Or the former Dutch Maid diner?

 

 

 

Then there's the Gilbert M. Simmons Library and the Winged Victory Monument situated in Library Park...

 



 

and fishing on the Harbor Lighthouse Pier.

 



 

Here's a great aerial shot of Simmons Island and the harbor area taken in the 1970s.  The former Simmons factory, which eventually became the American Motors lakefront plant, has long since been demolished.  Simmons Island was also the location for early settlement... and note the large ship in the harbor, a fairly common site at one time.   

 



 



 

Can you spot our former high school?  How about Kenosha Hospital?  Lakeside Towers?  Or how about the future site of Harbor Park, a now beautiful, lakefront community?

 



 

The way that vast, vacant site looks today with upsale condominiums.

 



 



 



 

Overlooking the shores of Lake Michigan...

 



 



 

this neighborhood is also home to the new Kenosha Public Museum...

 



 



 

and the Civil War Museum next door.

 



 

So, the next time you're in the downtown area, hop on the trolley!  It tours through this unique lakefront community, and goes right past all three museums and the former Bradford.

 



 



 

Hope you enjoyed your trip down memory lane.  Stop back again.