Browse Collections (41 total)

Model School - Forsyth, Illinois

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Model School was located on the northeast corner of County Highway 20 and North Oakland Avenue. It was built in either 1885 (property tax records) or…

American School - Maroa, Illinois

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The American School, built in 1874, was located three miles east of Maroa. The school was consolidated into the Maroa-Forsyth School District in 1948…

Upper Ridge School - Maroa, Illinois

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Upper Ridge School was located 2.5 miles west of Maroa and named for the high ridge of land where it sat in the west/northwest part of the Maroa…

Prairie Chapel School - Maroa, Illinois

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Prairie Chapel School was located 3 miles east and 2 miles south of Maroa. The building was built c. 1870 and also served as Epworth Chapel Church for…

Independence School - Forsyth, Illinois

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Independence School District #33 was 1.5 miles east of Forsyth on the south side of County Highway 20. The school opened prior to 1880 and was formed…

Hickory Point School - Forsyth, Illinois

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The Hickory Point School was formerly located on the southwest corner of US 51 North and Hickory Point Road in Forsyth, Illinois, and named for the…

Harmony School - Maroa, Illinois

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The earliest reference to Harmony School (sometimes referred to as Harmony North School to differentiate from the Harmony South School in Milam…

Flood School - Forsyth, Illinois

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Flood School was located about 1.5 miles north of Forsyth on the west side of Rt 51. It was built in 1881 by Henry Flood and closed in 1942. The…

Center Ridge - Maroa, Illinois

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Center Ridge School was located midway between Maroa and Warrensburg, three miles west of Emery. It was built in 1860 and closed in 1947, as part of…

Blue School - DeWitt County

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