Chimborazo School (old)
310 North 33rd Street (Corner Marshall & 33rd Streets)

Named for the nearby Chimborazo Park, believed to have been named for Mount Chimborazo, the highest peak in the Andes of Ecuador. The eminent naturalist, Baron Alexander von Humboldt, attempted unsuccessfully to scale it in 1802.

Chimborazo School opened in September 1905, with grades 1-7 in eight classrooms; the 1903-04 annual report includes a sketch of the building. It was considered to be handsome and well arranged, embodying the most advanced ideas in sanitation, heating, ventilation, seating, and school architecture.

In 1911, an annex was opened (classrooms and auditorium) to accommodate the growing population. Chimborazo's enrollment declined in the 1950s with Church Hill's change to a Negro community. In February 1957, the white pupils were transferred to Nathaniel Bacon, and Chimborazo was converted to a Negro school with pupils transferred from Bellevue, Bowler, and George Mason.

When the new Chimborazo opened in September 1968, the old building housed the Church Hill Opportunity Center (1968-1970) and an annex of East End Middle School (1970-72). It was leased to Model Neighborhoods in 1972. Old Chimborazo was declared surplus to the City, October 18, 1973. It has been privately rehabilitated as housing for the elderly (Chimborazo Manor).