Hickory Point School students, undated photo
Title
Hickory Point School students, undated photo
Subject
one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Forsyth (Ill.)
Macon County (Ill.)
Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)
Description
Hickory Point School students, undated photo.
Boy with slate: Earl Shockey.
Front row (left to right): Nellie Parlier Creg, Verna Huser Hathaway, Ella Brown Boggs, Mable Weaver Bitterick, Clara Berry Reed, Alta Montgomery Sibthorp, Gertrude Weigle Andrew, Millie Reeser Cooley, Rosie Weaver Fox, Myrtle Houser Young.
Second row: Clarence Berry, Sadie Brown Alexander, Alta Stewart Pope, Teacher-Miss Ruth Shoemaker, Zona Stroh Steich, Anna Berry Reed, James Berry, Ode Weigle, Wilber Babcock.
The Hickory Point School was formerly located on the southwest corner of US 51 North and Hickory Point Road in Forsyth, Illinois, and named for the hickory grove in which it stood. The first school building was constructed about 1858. A newer building was built in 1916, which taught grades 1-8. The school was part of the Mound-Hickory Point District #49.
During school district consolidations in 1948, Mound School was annexed into the Decatur School District, while Hickory Point became part of the Maroa School District. Hickory Point School closed after the 1952-1953 school year.
The building and land were purchased in 1954 and remodeled into a private residence. However, during the I-72 cloverleaf expansion in 1973, the school building was demolished.
Boy with slate: Earl Shockey.
Front row (left to right): Nellie Parlier Creg, Verna Huser Hathaway, Ella Brown Boggs, Mable Weaver Bitterick, Clara Berry Reed, Alta Montgomery Sibthorp, Gertrude Weigle Andrew, Millie Reeser Cooley, Rosie Weaver Fox, Myrtle Houser Young.
Second row: Clarence Berry, Sadie Brown Alexander, Alta Stewart Pope, Teacher-Miss Ruth Shoemaker, Zona Stroh Steich, Anna Berry Reed, James Berry, Ode Weigle, Wilber Babcock.
The Hickory Point School was formerly located on the southwest corner of US 51 North and Hickory Point Road in Forsyth, Illinois, and named for the hickory grove in which it stood. The first school building was constructed about 1858. A newer building was built in 1916, which taught grades 1-8. The school was part of the Mound-Hickory Point District #49.
During school district consolidations in 1948, Mound School was annexed into the Decatur School District, while Hickory Point became part of the Maroa School District. Hickory Point School closed after the 1952-1953 school year.
The building and land were purchased in 1954 and remodeled into a private residence. However, during the I-72 cloverleaf expansion in 1973, the school building was demolished.
Source
Hickory Point Township Schools [binder]. Local history collection. Forsyth Public Library, Forsyth, Illinois.
Date
undated
Relation
Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (165).
Allen, L. M. (n.d.). The Last Recitation Bench. (C. C. McCartney, Ed.).
Format
JPG
Identifier
2023-1085
Original Format
black and white photo
Files
Collection
Citation
“Hickory Point School students, undated photo,” MF School Archives, accessed April 30, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/62.
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