Flood School students, 1902

Flood School students, 1902

Rural schools

Macon County (Ill.)

one-room schoolhouses

Forsyth (Ill.)

Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)

Front row (left to right) - Hal Hanks, Dorothy Hanks (Reed), Leslie Mathias, Ben Parlier, Esther Balazar (Blazer).

Second row: Reva Keagle, George Wise, Paul Hanks, Nellie Parlier (Creg), Fred Wise, Guy Lienhart, Bess Banks (Little).

Back row: Harry Mathias, Camille Wise, William Hanks, Carrie Lichtenberger, teacher, Nora Wise, Orpha Mathias (Albin), Charles Shoemaker

Flood School was located about 1.5 miles north of Forsyth on the west side of Rt 51. It was built in 1881 by Henry Flood and closed in 1942. The schoolhouse and property were sold in 1948.

Hickory Point Township Schools [binder]. Local history collection. Forsyth Public Library, Forsyth, Illinois

1902

Image courtesy of Betty [Lienhart] Schultz.

Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (142).

Allen, L. M. (n.d.). The Last Recitation Bench. (C. C. McCartney, Ed.).

JPG

2023-1031

black and white photograph