Prairie Chapel School students, c. 1939
Title
Prairie Chapel School students, c. 1939
Subject
Argenta (Ill.)
Maroa (Ill.)
Macon County (Ill.)
one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Description
Prairie Chapel School students, c. 1939.
Prairie Chapel School was located 3 miles east and 2 miles south of Maroa. T building was built c. 1870 and also served as Epworth Chapel Church for ab‹ 20 years until the church building was constructed in 1891.
The school closed after the 1947-1948 school year and was consolidated into the Argenta-Oreana district. The building was sold in August 1949 and was later demolished.
The school closed after the 1947-1948 school year and was consolidated into the Argenta-Oreana district. The building was sold in August 1949 and was later demolished.
Creator
unknown
Source
Prairie Chapel School student newsletter (April 1939), donated by Valerie Keith.
Date
c. 1939
Rights
Copyright has been assigned to the MF School Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Maroa-Forsvth School District. MF School Archives. Consent for publication is given on behalf of the MF School Archives as the owner of the physical items and as the owners of copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor copyright in some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creators).
Relation
Valerie Keith Papers finding aid
Format
JPG
Identifier
collection 2022.01; item 2023-1339
Original Format
black and white photograph
Files
Collection
Citation
unknown, “Prairie Chapel School students, c. 1939,” MF School Archives, accessed May 8, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/249.
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