American School, 1944-45
Title
American School, 1944-45
Subject
Maroa (Ill.)
Macon County (Ill.)
one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Description
American School students, 1944-45 in front of the school house.
Caption: "The American School once stood on the blacktop east of Maroa near the Bill Berry farm home. Mrs. Lenora Porter was the teacher during the 1944-45 school year when this picture was taken."
Back row (left to right): Mrs. Porter, Phyllis Riley, Mary Gardner, Francis Clifton, Robert Clifton, Eugene Riley, Orville Floyd.
Front row: Joy Porter, Mary Sue Dealey, Vernon Clifton, Carol Query, Howard Query.
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 and closed after the 1950-1951 school year. In 1952, the schoolhouse was sold and moved a quarter of a mile to be used as a farm toolshed.
Caption: "The American School once stood on the blacktop east of Maroa near the Bill Berry farm home. Mrs. Lenora Porter was the teacher during the 1944-45 school year when this picture was taken."
Back row (left to right): Mrs. Porter, Phyllis Riley, Mary Gardner, Francis Clifton, Robert Clifton, Eugene Riley, Orville Floyd.
Front row: Joy Porter, Mary Sue Dealey, Vernon Clifton, Carol Query, Howard Query.
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 and closed after the 1950-1951 school year. In 1952, the schoolhouse was sold and moved a quarter of a mile to be used as a farm toolshed.
Publisher
Prairie Post [newspaper]. 1978 April 11, p. 7.
Date
1944-45
Relation
Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (33).
Format
JPEG 2809 x 2855
Identifier
2023-1011
Original Format
black and white photo
Files
Collection
Citation
“American School, 1944-45,” MF School Archives, accessed May 2, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/114.
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