4. Columbia School, 3528 S Ferdinand Street:

The first school in Columbia City was a two-story frame structure with a bell tower, built in 1892. Classes were held on the first floor while the second story was being finished. The school was replaced in 1923 by a one-story stuccoed building designed by F. A. Naramore in a Spanish Revival style. The old school bell (model No. 22, apparently ordered from the Sears, Roebuck and Company, cost $9) now sits in the Rainier Valley Historical Society's offices in the Rainier Valley Cultural Center. Now an alternative elementary school which the students have named Orca, the building's exterior looks much as it did when it was completed.

Courtesy Glenn Drosendahl

Courtesy Paul Dorpat