Belhaven Avenue School circa 1908

In 1908 when Belhaven Avenue school opened it was the first time all children from Linwood attended the same school. The building replaced the old Leedsville School on Poplar Avenue and the Sea View School located on Ocean Heights Avenue. Initially there were only four classrooms with two grades in each room. There was no Kindergarten at that time. Sometime in the 1920s four more rooms were added creating a room for each grade. This is probably the earliest picture of the school.

Picture donated by John Williamson