Then & Now – Old Lockwood School

Updated August 2024

Oakland Tribune Oct 10, 1965, and Pg.2

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.

Map from 1912 – the red line is East 14th (now International Blvd)

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.

Oakland Tribune Mar 1, 1876

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

Oakland Tribune Aug 22, 1876
  • 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.

Oakland Tribune Nov 20, 1902
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California Gift of ANG Newspapers circa 1917

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

Oakland Tribune Dec 7, 1909

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.

Oakland Tribune Nov 03, 1957

Old School is Sold – 1903

Oakland Tribune Feb 3, 1903

Class of 1904

Oakland Tribune May 1948

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.

Oakland Tribune Feb 18, 1932
Oakland Tribune Jul 16, 1951
Oakland Tribune May 13, 1959

The Lockwood Quill

Oakland Tribune May 11, 1919

Lockwood School Band

Oakland Tribune May 1947
Oakland Tribune May 1947
Oakland Tribune Aug 5, 1909

Traffic Reserve

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

Oakland Tribune May 18, 1947

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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

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