Prairie Center School - Forsyth, Illinois

Title

Prairie Center School - Forsyth, Illinois

Subject

one-room schoolhouses
rural schools
Forsyth (ILL)
Hickory Point (Township, Macon County)
Macon County (ILL)

Description

Prairie Center School was located in Section 20, Hickory Point Township about 1 mile north and .5 mile east of Bearsdale. The school was built sometime around 1876 and was remodeled in 1915/16 to include a basement, furnace, cloakrooms, and a small library area.

During school consolidations in the late 1940s, Prairie Center School district was annexed into the Warrensburg-Latham district. Prairie Center School closed in 1947 and the building was sold and is a private residence in 2022.

Collection Items

Prairie Center School, 1895
Prairie Center School, 1895.

Holding the slate is Hazel Campbell Mullins.

Three boys on knees (left to right): Sylvan Bear, Howard Butt Jr., Harry Butt.

Front row standing: Ella Bear Wikle, Edith Westhafer Doolen, Myrtle Weltmer, teacher,…

Prairie Center School, 1910
Prairie Center School, 1910.

Front row (left to right): Clifford Weaver, Dewey Crutcher, Robert Park, Harold Ehrhart, Danville Weaver, Bruce Troutman, Clinton Park.

Middle row: Opal Bear, Helen Crutcher, Martha Troutman Cole, Esther Ehrhart,…

Prairie Center School, c. 1932
Prairie Center School, c. 1932.

Top row (left to right): Ina Walters, Irma Good.

Row three: Virginia Bear, Thelma Walters, Denise Walters, ? ?, Dean Butt, Lloyd Mullins.

Row two: Kenneth Cunningham, Merle Cunningham, Junior Good, Don Butt,…

Prairie Center School, undated photo
Prairie Center School, undated photograph.

Front row (left to right): Earl Butt, Clarence Crutcher, Jack Troutman, Clark Butt, Orville Gulick, Bruce Troutman, Percy Dodd.

Second row: Danville Weaver, Carl Dunmire, Maurice Ehrhart, Bessie Weikle…

Prairie Center School building, undated photo
Praire Center School house.

Prairie Center School was located in Section 20, Hickory Point Township about 1 mile north and .5 mile east of Bearsdale. The school was built sometime around 1876 and was remodeled in 1915/16 to include a basement,…

Prairie Center School, 8th Grade Graduates, undated photo
Prairie Center School 8th Grade Graduates.

Left to right: Dean Butt, Irma Good, Lloyd Mullins, Gladys Bond (Williams)-teacher.

Prairie Center School was located in Section 20, Hickory Point Township about 1 mile north and .5 mile east of…

Former Prairie Center School, 2019
The former Prairie Center schoolhouse. This school building was purchased in 1947 and remodeled into a private residence.

The Prairie Center School was located in Section 20 of Hickory Point Township 1 mile north of Bearsdale and 2.5 miles west…
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