Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Astoria #23: John Jacob Astor Elementary School

3550 Franklin Avenue

John Jacob Astor Elementary School in Astoria, Oregon on September 24, 2005

John Jacob Astor Elementary School was designed by Astoria architect John E. Wicks and was dedicated in 1925. The school is famous, as it was featured in the 1991 motion picture Kindergarten Cop with Arnold Schwarzenegger. When the movie was filmed, some actual students and staff from the school were used as extras in the film. The school also benefited from new playground equipment, installed for the movie.

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