PETER HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6500 W. 26th Street

Peter Hobart Elementary School was constructed in 1967, designed by architects Armstrong, Schlicting and Skoald.

The school was one of two that were named for students who had died young. Peter Hobart was an outstanding student, president of the student council, and well liked by his classmates. He had taken his Bachelor’s degree from Carleton College after graduating from Park High, and was working towards a doctorate at Columbia University in 1963 when he was diagnosed with Hodgkins Disease. When his illness prevented him from pursuing his studies, he returned to his home in St. Louis Park, sometimes visiting Park High. He died on May 27, 1963.  Peter was the son of Brookside's Andrew Hobart. Although Andrew was on the School Board, a committee apart from the School Board had selected Peter for the honor so it was deemed appropriate. An article about the naming of Park’s three memorial schools appeared in the December 14, 1977 edition of the St. Louis Park Sun.

In 1988 additions were built, and in 1993 the Media Center was built.

See the school’s web site at http://www.slpschools.org/ph/.

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