Columbia School, 1924

Columbia School, 1924

Maroa (Ill.)

Oreana (Ill.)

one-room schoolhouses

Rural schools in art

Columbia School, 1924.

First row: Wayne Antrim, James Antrim, Floyd Edwards, Geneva Edwards, Sanford Bliss, Dorothy Thomas, Ada Antrim, Corinne Smith, Lois Black, Mary Elizabeth Rucker.

Second row: Carlos Smith, Frederick Bliss, Kenneth Adams, Gladys Campbell, Mabel Antrim, Cecil Black, Edwin Bliss.

Third row: Flossie Boyer Hambrecht (teacher)

Columbia School was located 5 miles east, 2 miles south of Maroa. In 1947, Columbia School was annexed into the Argenta-Oreana school district as part of district consolidations. The building and land were sold in March 1948.

Photo courtesy of Flossie Hambrecht; Rural Schools of Macon County.

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

1924

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