Columbia School, 5 miles east, 2 miles south of Maroa (on E. Hampshire Road)

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Columbia School, 5 miles east, 2 miles south of Maroa (on E. Hampshire Road)

Subject

Maroa (Ill.)
Argenta (Ill.)
one-room schoolhouse
rural schools

Description

Columbia School, 5 miles east, 2 miles south of Maroa (on E. Hampshire Road).

The school was consolidated in the Argenta-Oreana district in 1947. The schoolhouse and land were sold in March 1948.

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Columbia School, 1924
Columbia School, 1924.

First row: Wayne Antrim, James Antrim, Floyd Edwards, Geneva Edwards, Sanford Bliss, Dorothy Thomas, Ada Antrim, Corinne Smith, Lois Black, Mary Elizabeth Rucker.

Second row: Carlos Smith, Frederick Bliss, Kenneth Adams,…

Columbia School, c. 1934
Columbia School classroom, c. 1934.

Some students in this class listed as: Wilma Ferrill, Jack Groves, the Nelsons, Norma Jean Wallace, Norma Ater, Carrol, Charles, Harold, Lazarre, and Maxine Elliott.

Columbia School was located 5 miles east,…

1927 Columbia School student, Elizabeth Rucker
1927 Columbia School student, Elizabeth Rucker

Columbia School Notes
Research notes regarding the Columbia School, which was located 5 miles east, 2 miles south of Maroa (on E. Hampshire Road). The school district consolidated into the Argenta-Oreana district in 1947. The Columbia school land and building were sold in…
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