Caption: Winter at old frame grade school! Note child in box sled on left and train on tracks behind school. Basketball bankboards [sic] were popular outdoor entertainment in those days, too. Bertha Crutcher…
Forsyth School class, outside of Forsyth Schoolhouse, c. 1928. [NOTE: most likely, this photo was taken in early 1928 as the new schoolhouse opened Fall 1928]
Caption: This picture of the Forsyth School was taken in 1928 or 1929.
A collection of images of early Forsyth schoolhouses.
The first schoolhouse in Forsyth served the community from 1867 until 1928. This building was located on the southeast corner of Smith Street and Shaffer Street in Forysth, Illinois.