Prairie Chapel School photo, c. 1939 (teacher, maybe?)

Prairie Chapel School photo, c. 1939 (teacher, maybe?)

Maroa (Ill.)

Argenta (Ill.)

Macon County (Ill.)

one-room schoolhouses

Rural schools

Photograph of woman walking up sidewalk. As this photograph is glued into the Prairie Chapel School student newsletter (April 1939), it is likely a school teacher.

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.

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Prairie Chapel School student newsletter (April 1939) donated by Valerie Keith.

c. 1939

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Valerie Keith Papers finding aid

JPG

collection 2022.01; item 2023-1338

black and white photograph