Flood School 1929-1930

Flood School 1929-1930

Rural schools

one-room schoolhouses

Macon County (Ill.)

Forsyth (Ill.)

Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)

Front row (left to right): Carlos Kincaid, Elmer James, Elizabeth Braden, Betty Lienhart, Keith Brett, Imogene Blazer, Audry Kincaid.

Middle row: Richard Kincaid, ? HIdden, Bob James, Imogene Malone, Alberta Cotton, Lawrence Blazer.

Back row: George Lienhart, Laverne Cotton, Al Kincaid, Albert Blazer, Mrs. Blanche Fisher, David Brett, Jean Sibthorp

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

1929-1930

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.).

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2023-1034

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