American School building (rural Maroa)
Title
American School building (rural Maroa)
Subject
one-room schoolhouses
Maroa (Ill.)
Macon County (Ill.)
Rural schools
Description
The Amerian 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
Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (33).
Date
n.d.
Format
JPG
Identifier
2023-1007
Original Format
black and white photo
Files
Collection
Citation
“American School building (rural Maroa),” MF School Archives, accessed May 2, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/12.
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