Kirby School students, c. 1929

Kirby School students, c. 1929

Oreana (Ill.)

Argenta (Ill.)

one-room schoolhouses

Rural schools

Kirby School students in the front lawn of the school next to the pump, c. 1929.

Students identified as: Mary Clifton, Virginia Luckenbill, Edna Bea McClellan, Helen Louise McClellan, Edris Stevens, Julie Mae Mendenhall.

Organized prior to October 1876, the Kirby School is located on land donated by Richard Kirby. The original schoolhouse burned down in 1890, and a new school building was built by October of that year. That schoolhouse burned down on February 7, 1895, and was rebuilt again by the Fall of 1895.

The schoolhouse was located on the southwest corner of Kirby Rd. and Coulters Mill Road. During district consolidations in 1948, Kirby School became part of the Argenta-Oreana Community Unit. The schoolhouse was sold in 1949 for $875 and became a private residence until about 2020 when it was torn down.

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Ruth Hoyland Scrapbook, 1928-1973 (donated by Butch and Betty Smith), Forsyth Public Library, Local History Collection.

c. 1929

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