Then & Now – Old Lockwood School

Updated August 2024

In 1858, Miss Julia Aldrich was contracted to run a small private school on Isaac (Issac) Yoakum’s farm. Yoakum had built his house on the site of the present Lockwood School. The house was moved and replaced with a small building to be used as a school (see above).

The schoolhouse remained in use for another 42 years, with a small addition in 1892.

The school was located at the intersection of East 14th Street (County Road No. 1525 and now International Blvd), Mary Street, then 68th Avenue, and later 69th Avenue.

In the first year, Lockwood had twelve students enrolled.

Twenty-eight boys and ten girls were enrolled in the school in February 1876. Alonzo Crawford was the teacher.

In August 1876 (typo in the newspaper), 20 boys and 21 girls were enrolled.

• The Damon Family owned a general store at the corner of E.14th & 66th
• The Kinsell Family lived on 94th Avenue just below E. 14th
• The A.H. Merritt family lived on 66th Avenue
• The Moss home was at 82nd and Foothill
• The Silva’s owned a saloon at 84th and E. 14th

New School – 1902

The new school was built on the corner of East 14th Street and 68th Avenue in 1902. Charles H. Greenman was the principal. The school was demolished (I need to verify this) in 1936.

Greenman died while fighting a fire in the school playground in 1919. In the 1950s, they named the athletic field after Greenman.

Across from the school was the 282-acre dairy belonging to William Manchido. The big pasture was later used as the landing field of Weldon Cooke, an early Oakland aviator. In 1910, Wickham Havens subdivided the land into what we now know as Havenscourt.

Old School is Sold – 1903

Class of 1904

Lockwood Junior High

In 1913, Supervising Architect J.J. Donovan announced that a new Lockwood school building would be built at East 14th between 66th and 68th Avenues.

The school was to be one story in height, built in the early California style around a courtyard and Mission architecture. The wings were arranged to house a social center, a neighborhood meeting place, a cafeteria, and other modern innovations.

Old Timers Reunions

For many years, the former students of the school held an annual reunion for all graduates.

The Lockwood Quill

Lockwood School Band

Traffic Reserve

The first traffic reserve unit was formed at Lockwood in February 1928.

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Also known as Havenscourt Junior High

Now the Coliseum College Prep Academy – OUSD

The present Lockwood School building was built in 1953-54

• New Lockwood, Jr. High – Oakland Tribune Apr 06, 1913
• Schools Close; Mourn Teacher – Oakland Tribune Sep 17, 1919
• Five Survivors of 1898 Hold Reunion – Oakland Tribune Feb 16, 1932
• Lockwood Old Timers Sponsor Field – Oakland Tribune Feb 16, 1950
• Old Timers Reunion to be Held – Oakland Tribune Feb 01, 1951
• Groundbreaking for New Lockwood School – Oakland Tribune Apr 30, 1953
• Old Lockwood School – Oakland Tribune Nov 03, 1957

In 2007, Futures Elementary School opened as a small school on the historic Lockwood campus, which had been home to students for over 100 years.

• Futures Elementary School – OUSD

The End