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Gone, but not forgotten...
McBirney Elementary School
McBirney Elementary School, built in 1922 on a three-acre track in the heart of
Garden City, represents the oldest of the three schools, Ryan said. It closed
its doors in 1965 after serving Southwest Tulsa for 43 years.
She said the school later burned after the Tulsa Public School System began
using it as a storage site.
Though McBirney Elementary School no longer exists at the site it once occupied,
it continues to live in the minds of former students who once sat in its
classrooms and played on its playground. Dan and Donna Coffey remember those
days so well. The couple have been married for nearly 35 years and they both
share fond memories of their school days at McBirney.
Pleasant Porter Elementary School
In 1929, Pleasant Porter Elementary School was built in Red Fork at the corner
of West 41st Street and Union Avenue and closed its doors in 1980 after serving
51 years, Ryan noted. The large red brick building still stands at its original
site near West Tulsa's Reed Park. Now headed by the Native American Coalition of
Tulsa, the school serves Headstart students today.
William Howard Taft Elementary School
William Howard Taft Elementary School was built in 1959 in Winnetka
Heights and closed in 1977. Still standing at its same location at 1020 W. 49th
St., the school now serves as Winnetka Heights Christian School.
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